November 2020 – Safeguarding Health through Infection Prevention (SHIP)

SHIP team sails across new horizons to reach out to communities during the pandemic

November 24, 2020November 24, 2020SHIPGCUPress release / public engagementLeave a comment

By Janice Burns (originally published on the GCU website) GCU’s Safeguarding Health through Infection Prevention (SHIP) research group has risen to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic by finding new and inventive ways to reach out to our communities. To mark World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) from November 18-24, the researchers have been blogging and…

The SHIP team marks World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2020

November 18, 2020April 28, 2021SHIPGCUpublic engagement / World Antimicrobial Awareness WeekLeave a comment

By Lucyna Gozdzielewska Every year from 18-24 November we celebrate the World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW). This initiative began in 2015, after the World Health Organization recognised the problem of antimicrobial resistance as a priority and subsequently identified it as an urgent global health threat. That same year the WHO endorsed a global action plan…