For the fourth year in a row, worldwide, at the initiative of WHO, the World Antibiotic awareness week has been held.

On November 18, 2018, a conference on combating antimicrobial resistance was held in the conference hall of the Information Resource Center of the Tashkent pediatric medical institute dedicated to the World Antibiotic awareness week that started on November 12, 2018. The conference was organized by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent pediatric medical institute, together with the regional office of the World Health Organization.

The main objective of the conference was to discuss measures to combat the antimicrobial resistance of microorganisms.

The event was attended by specialists of the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan, employees of the Research Institute of Epidemiology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, teachers, masters, clinical residents and students of the Tashkent pediatric medical institute, as well as representatives of international organizations - experts of the World Health Organization (WHO).

At the beginning of the event, Vice-Rector for Research of TashPMI, Professor S.S. Gulyamov made a welcoming speech and announced the opening of the conference.

Later, along with young researchers from the Tashkent Pediatric Medical Institute, WHO experts made presentations at the conference. Thus, at the conference, the WHO National Coordinator for SCP (Antimicrobial Resistance) delivered a presentation on the theme: “The Problem of Antimicrobial Resistance in Uzbekistan: Achievements, Opportunities and Challenges”.

Conference participants noted, that antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health care today. It rises to dangerously high levels in all parts of the world, adversely affecting our ability to cure infectious diseases and negating many advances in health and medicine.

According to the national coordinator of WHO, many of the discoveries in the field of drug treatment made in the last century may be ruined due to the growth of antimicrobial resistance. As a result, many infectious diseases that have previously been treated can become incurable.

Following the event, the speakers were presented with souvenirs from the regional office of the World Health Organization. Also, the results of the Contest for the best essay were summed up, where the winners were awarded valuable prizes.

Bacteria resistance to antibiotics is one of the greatest health hazards in the world. In Uzbekistan, within the framework of the World Week of Correct Use of Antibiotics from 12 to 18 November 2018, the Ministry of Health, together with the WHO regional office, conducts an information campaign among the population, the medical and pharmaceutical community, whose main goal was to increase awareness and understanding of the threat of antibiotic resistance.