Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a major threat to the health of the citizens of the EU and beyond, and tackling it requires the combined efforts of all stakeholders. It is estimated that AMR causes about 33.000 deaths every year in the EU alone, and about 700.000 deaths in the world. Moreover, AMR poses extra pressure in our healthcare systems, which translates into economic losses of about \u20ac1.5 billion each year in the EU.<\/p>\n
The EFN is committed to address the AMR problem and to bring it to the attention of EU policy makers and stakeholders. It is key that frontline nurses are involved in this challenge, due to their close relationship with patients and citizens. Moreover, nurses are one of the most influential health actors combating AMR in the frontline, ensuring that \u201cfir-for-purpose\u201d measures are always in place, for ensuring hygiene, infection control and prevention.<\/p>\n
For that reason, health-related EU-based organizations, including the EFN, are signing an open letter to the Members of the European Parliament on the importance to sustain EU progress in fighting against AMR<\/a><\/p>\n In this letter, the signing organizations are calling the Members of the European Parliament to:<\/p>\n The EFN is very active on this topic, having published several videos<\/a>, homepages (available here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here<\/a>) and a position paper<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a major threat to the health…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12975,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=12975","url_meta":{"origin":11623,"position":0},"title":"ECDC AMR DAY 2020 \u2013 \u201cIn times of COVID-19, don’t give up on antimicrobial resistance\u201d","author":"efn efn","date":"November 17, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Every year, on 18 November, takes place the European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD), a European health initiative coordinated by ECDC, with the aim of raising awareness on the issue. 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