World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week
19 November 2025 | i3S, Auditorium Mariano Gago
Each year, around 35 000 people lose their lives due to infections by antibiotic-resistant bacteria in Europe. When the diagnosis of a pathogenic agent is uncertain, therapies often rely on broad-spectrum antimicrobials. But over time, many microorganisms have learned to resist these treatments, making once-curable infections harder, and sometimes impossible to treat.
With resistance rising and the discovery of new antibiotics slowing, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is now one of the most pressing Public Health challenges of our time. Without action, annual deaths caused by antimicrobial resistance could escalate to 39 Million by 2050, an equivalent to 3 deaths per minute.
World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week (18 to 24 November) is a global initiative by the World Health Organization aimed at raising awareness, improving understanding of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and encouraging collective action to prevent the spread of drug-resistant pathogens.
Stopping the spread of drug-resistant infections takes teamwork. Governments, hospital managers, doctors, nurses, lab experts and scientists, all have a role to play. By sharing clear, timely information about how to prevent infections, we can protect everyone in our communities.
Act now: protect our present, secure our future.
Organization
Organizing Committee
Didier Cabanes
Rute Oliveira
Margarida Duarte
Ana Georgina Alves
Miguel Pinto
Marisa Sousa
Program
08:45 - 09:00 Opening of the registration desk
09:00 - 09:15 Welcome session
Didier Cabanes, i3S Vice-Diretor
09:15 - 10:45 Session I
Chairs: Rute Oliveira, Margarida Duarte | i3S
José Artur Paiva | ULS São João, Porto
Susete Vieira | Centro Materno-Infantil do Norte Albino Aroso, Porto
Manuela Caniça | Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Lisboa
Hugo Cruz | Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 - 12:45 Session II
Chairs: Rute Oliveira, Georgina Alves | i3S
Mónica Oleastro | Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Lisboa
Lino André Silva | ULS Santo António, Porto
Patrícia Poeta | Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real
12:45 - 13:00 Closing session
Rute Oliveira, i3S Diagnostics
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch and Poster session
Abstract Submission
The call for abstracts for poster presentations will be open until November 13 (notification of acceptance on November 14).
Abstracts should be structured according to the following template:
Registration
This event is intended for the public at large.
Free entrance but registration is required.
Sponsors
Apoio financeiro FEDER relativo à operação n.º 17056, código de operação no Balcão dos Fundos COMPETE2030-FEDER-00834900, no âmbito do Aviso para Apresentação de Candidaturas n.º MPr-2023-12
Information
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