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We're dedicated to curbing antibiotic
resistance.
Antibiotic resistance is one of the major public health threats of
the 21st century. Since 1981, APUA has been the premier organization dedicated to promoting proper antibiotic use
and curbing antibiotic resistance worldwide. We promote global public health by raising public awareness through
education and research projects on proper antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance
With members in over 100 countries and international chapters, we support individual and country-based activities to control and
monitor antibiotic resistance. We facilitate the exchange of up-to-date information by forging international partnerships
among scientists, healthcare providers, consumers and policy makers.
We have a professional staff with expertise in medicine, microbiology,
health education, policy analysis, development and advocacy, ecology, international program development and communications,
with leadership from recognized medical and scientific experts, including Nobel laureates and members of national
academies of medicine and science.
Our Programs
Working in collaboration with organizations such as the World Health Organization, Pan American Health Organization, US Agency for International
Development, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, local Departments of Public Health and Foreign Ministries
of Health, APUA reached thousands of consumers, healthcare practitioners, researchers and policy makers worldwide
with our ongoing programs.
Education & Advocacy
Through educational programs and advocacy efforts, we build awareness among healthcare practitioners, policy makers
and consumers about improving antibiotic use to preserve antibiotics for future generations.
- Conducted workshops and major conferences in the developing world
to promote the prudent use of antibiotics.
- Presented lectures on antibiotic resistance to over 9,000 primary
care practitioners at major regional and national healthcare conferences throughout the US.
- Distributed our quarterly scientific newsletter to over 10,000
individuals in more than 90 countries.
- Developed website with an intuitive interface to meet the varied
needs of our growing audiences.
- Developed a small grants program to provide seed money to support
projects conducted by our foreign-affiliated chapters.
- Presented testimony and served as advisors at meetings held by
public health groups such as the World Health Organization, US Institute of Medicine, US Food & Drug Administration,
US National Institutes of Health and several US Congressional hearings.
- Conducted interviews with journalists and writers, resulting in
television appearances, radio segments, press conferences, and newspaper and magazine articles on the problem of
antibiotic resistance and our efforts to improve the use of antibiotics.
Research & Surveillance
Through research and surveillance projects, APUA defines trends in antibiotic prescribing and resistance patterns,
and develop strategies to curb antibiotic resistance and improve antibiotic use.
- Convened international roundtables on antibiotic resistance surveillance
with participants from regulatory and scientific groups.
- Conducted a pilot test to integrate data from the major surveillance
systems to determine the feasibility of developing a global databank to monitor antibiotic resistance trends.
- Surveyed the attitudes of physicians in Massachusetts to determine
reasons for prescribing antibiotics that will enable us to develop tools to improve prescribing habits.
- Conducted regional survey regarding antibiotic use in Latin America
to determine how to maintain antibiotic efficacy in the region.
- Developed first international research network and website on antibiotic
resistance in non-pathogenic bacteria.
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