We were invited to #WAAW at Groote Schuur Hospital hosted by the CAMO_NET team together with community members from Khayelitsha.

Thank you to everyone who made this session meaningful.

🎙️ For World AMR Awareness Week, our Director Prof. Axel Brakhage is the first guest on the German #podcast “Ansteckende Begeisterung” (“Contagious Enthusiasm”) by the Paul Ehrlich Society, discussing the role of natural products for the development of new antibiotics, the need of innovative AMR strategies & the challenging conditions for researchers.

📰 https://www.leibniz-hki.de/en/news/director-axel-brakhage-as-guest-in-the-paul-ehrlich-society-s-new-german-speaking-podcast-contagious-enthusiasm.html

🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6E0M4kyvsNzau5uqUZZGYk?si=I9aD9wwqRkmCzypvSUpfbg
🎧 Deezer: https://link.deezer.com/s/31H7Ck3S4MI6UXQ4W5aJj

#WAAW #AMR #LeibnizHKI

One Health Citizen Science:
Pupils & scientists team up using a fly-based monitoring tool to track wildlife biodiversity, zoonotic pathogens, and #AMR across urban–rural gradients in Western Pomerania. Students gain hands-on research experience, learning #OneHealth, microbiology, and environmental DNA. By combining #CitizenScience and #SciComm, the project empowers young people to contribute to real research and strengthens public understanding of #AMR. #Research #WAAW

https://www.helmholtz-hioh.de/en/newsroom/news/detail/news/on-the-trail-of-animals-with-flies-and-leaf-swabs/

Spotlight on our #AMR research pillars and our team

𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞: Investigating AMR bacteria in humans, animals & the environment.

𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐎𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬: Understanding resistance, virulence & bacterial fitness.

𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬: Developing new therapies to combat AMR bacteria.

#WAAW #OneHealth #WHO

https://www.helmholtz-hioh.de/en/research/teams/team/epidemiology-and-ecology-of-antimicrobial-resistance/

“Now or never: It’s time to act”

#AMR is one of the biggest global health challenges, causing thousands of deaths yearly. Resistant bacteria are found not only in hospitals but also in the environment.

Read the full interview
https://www.helmholtz-hioh.de/en/newsroom/news/detail/news/now-or-never-its-time-to-act/

#WAAW
#health

World #AntimicrobialResistance Awareness Week starts today!

#Resistance to #antimicrobial drugs was responsible for around 1.14 million attributable deaths in 2021. The #death toll is projected to increase to 1.91 million in 2050.

#GlobalHealth #GlobalGoals #SDGs #2030Agenda @UN @WHO @IHME_UW #GBDstudy #AMR #AMR2025 #WAAW #WAAW2025
https://www.healthdata.org/research-analysis/library/global-burden-bacterial-antimicrobial-resistance-1990-2021-systematic

We’re going blue for #AMR this week as #WAAW @WHO begins! 💙

“Act Now: Protect Our Present, Secure Our Future.”

At HIOH, we study how antibiotic resistance develops & spreads in a #OneHealth context.

Join us & #GoBlueForAMR

https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-amr-awareness-week/2025