Antimicrobial resistance fresco: learn, play and act now
The Antimicrobial resistance fresco is an interactive and educational experience that raises awareness about one of the greatest health challenges of our time. By combining learning, play and collective reflection, it encourages everyone to understand the causes and consequences of antimicrobial resistance and to take action.
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It is in the context of the World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW) that Biocodex Microbiota Institute approached Querceo to design a quick and credible tool that could be made available to medical staff and easily deployed at various events and in front of different audiences.
About the AMR Fresco
The result is an educational, visual, and easy-to-use fresco that highlights the close links between antibiotic use, the balance of our microbiota, and the phenomenon of antibiotic resistance.
- This workshop is open to the general public and requires no scientific background.
- It is easy to deploy, designed for around ten participants and lasting approximately 15 minutes.
It can be easily deployed in many contexts: medical conferences, hospital staff meetings, meetings of healthcare professionals—whether general practitioners, pediatricians, pharmacists, or nursing staff. It can also be used in universities with healthcare students.
A facilitation guide
This facilitation guide provides facilitators with an understanding of the workshop dynamics and its place in the facilitation process. It describes the different stages of the workshop, explaining them and outlining the expected outcome in terms of the card matrix. It also offers tips on facilitation and key messages to convey throughout the workshop. Feel free to keep this document handy during your first few workshops.
All the material needed to organize an AMR fresco:
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Everything you need to know about antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance
What is the World AMR Awareness Week?
Each year, since 2015, the WHO organizes the World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW), which aims to increase awareness of global antimicrobial resistance.
Antimicrobial resistance occurs when bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi change over time and no longer respond to medicines. As a result of drug resistance, antibiotics and other antimicrobial medicines become ineffective and infections become increasingly difficult or impossible to treat, increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness and death.
Held on 18-24 November, this campaign encourages the general public, healthcare professionals and decision-makers to use antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals and antiparasitics carefully, to prevent the further emergence of antimicrobial resistance.
The Biocodex Microbiota Institute is an international knowledge hub dedicated to human microbiota. The Institute communicates with its users in seven languages, targeting both healthcare professionals and the general public with the aim of raising awareness about the vital role this organ plays in our health. The Biocodex Microbiota Institute’s primary mission is educational: to spread the word about the importance of microbiota for everyone.
Querceo is a consulting firm that takes a collaborative and systemic approach to supporting organizations through the ecological transition. By creating and disseminating awareness-raising workshops, such as the Biodiversity Mural, the One Health Mural, or the SiNergie workshop, Querceo helps mobilize organizations, enabling each individual to understand and take ownership of the major challenges of tomorrow.
