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Brazil
 In
2001, a group of Brazilian health professionals worked together
and successfully established APUA-Brazil, headquartered in Brasilia.
APUA International nominated Dr. Helio Silva Sader and Dr. Antonio
Carlos Pignatari, both renowned Brazilian scientists and physicians,
to initially lead the chapter.
The first
group of directors included:
Chapter Leader: Dr. Helio Silva Sader (Universidade Federal de
São Paulo)
Dr. Antonio Carlos Pignatari (Hospital São Paulo/UNIFESP)
Dr. Julival Ribeiro (Hospital de Base do Distrito Federal)
Dr. Lauro Santos Filho (Universidade Federal da Paraíba) 
Dr. Adão Machado (Hospital das Clinicas de Porto Alegre)
Dr. Edwal A. C. Campos (Hospital São Paulo/ UNIFESP).
Dr. Renato Grinbaum (Hospital do Servidor Publico Estadual de
São Paulo)
Dr. Antonio
Carlos Pignatari was elected Chapter Leader of the second group
of directors, which included the same assemblage of professionals.
In September
2004, APUA International accepted the nomination of Dr. Julival
Ribeiro as the new Chapter Leader of APUA-Brazil.
The new
group of directors includes:
 Dra.
Adília J Segura -DF
Dra. Ana C Gales -SP
Dra. Flávia Rossi-SP
Dra. Áurea Paste - BA
Dra. Celeste Aída Nogueira Silveira - DF
Dra. Denise Marangoni - RJ
Dr. Emerson Valadares - DF
Dr. Helio Silva Sader - SP
Dr. Luis Fernando Aranha Camargo - SP
Dr. Mauro Salles - SP
Dra. Marisa Santos -RJ
Dra. Simone Nouer- RJ
Dr. Flavio Teles -PR
Dr. Valter Rótolo da Costa Araújo - SC
Dr.Ricardo D. Guzmán -DF
MISSION
of APUA-BRAZIL
The mission
of APUA-Brazil is to promote the appropriate use of antibiotics
and set forth the control of antimicrobial resistance on a world
level through research and education activities.
OBJECTIVES
- To
alert the public of problems stemming from antimicrobial resistance
and the related risks of the improper use of antibiotics.
- To
promote the appropriate use of antibiotics by professionals
in the area of human health.
- To promote
the prudent use of antibiotics in veterinary medicine.
- To report
information about bacterial susceptibility in relationship to
the antibiotics.
- To promote
and stimulate research and educational projects in this area.
PROGRAMMED
ACTIVITIES IN BRAZIL
- To
support local research on the development of antimicrobial resistance.
- To
promote exchange of information and experiences at both national
and international levels, in order to reduce antimicrobial resistance.
- To
organize meetings, seminars and conferences at a national level
about topics related to antibiotics and bacterial resistance.
- To develop
programs in order to stimulate the prudent use of antibiotics
in human and veterinary medicine, and reducing its resistance.
- To
gather information and documentation about the prudent use of
antibiotics and making them available to professionals, organizations,
and the general public.
- To provide
assistance to the Brazilian Government in formulating politics,
rules, and regulations related to the prudent use of antibiotics
and to monitor antimicrobial resistance.
- To promote
training and other educational activities targeting toward providing
continuous information and educational updating on the prudent
use of antibiotics.
- To
elaborate educational material on the prudent use of antibiotics
and bacterial resistance and to distribute them throughout the
country through the APUA newspapers.
- To distribute
available regional information based on local antimicrobial
susceptibility profile.
- To
communicate through the media, news related to the use of antibiotics.
- To
participate in programs which prohibit the commercialization
of antibiotics without a medical prescription.
ADDRESS
APUA -
Brasil
SEPS 713/913 - Lote E - Edifício AMBR - 1º andar - sala F5 Brasília
- Distrito Federal
CEP: 70390 - 135
Apua-Brasil@abordo.com.br
www.apua.org or www.antibiotic.org
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