Middle East

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week - act now, protect our present, secure our future

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hand in a blue glove holding a petri dish with antibiotic discs on it

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) threatens modern medicine, rendering infections untreatable, surgeries risky, and lives vulnerable. Without urgent action, routine illnesses could become deadly, reversing decades of clinical progress and endangering global health security.  The health of humans, animals, and the environment …

World AMR Awareness Week - working together to tackle the global challenge

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2 people working at a lab bench with petri dishes

World AMR Awareness Week 2024 takes place this week, 18-24th November, a global campaign to raise awareness and understanding of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and to promote best practices to reduce the emergence and spread of drug-resistant infections. Antimicrobial resistance occurs …

Collaboration and progress through Cefas’ Climate, Health, and Environment Resilience Programme in the Middle East

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Our Climate, Health, and Environment Resilience Programme (CHERP) has recently kicked off another year of activity in the Middle East. With the UN Climate Change COP28 currently underway in the region, we are taking a look back at what we …