This year’s WHO World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, which starts on November 18, is a reminder of the importance of only using antimicrobials when their prescription is clinically justified.
During World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Dr Tedros’ opening address at the 74th World Health Assembly in Geneva this morning, he announced that at least 115,000 healthcare workers (HCWs) have died during the pandemic to dated, and pointed to the ‘scanty reporting’ on HWC deaths and infection rates.