Training of Multidisplinary Healthcare workers on AMR

by Administrator September 29, 2023

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Training of Multidisplinary Healthcare workers on AMR

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites evolve mechanisms that protect them from the effects of antimicrobials. This means they change over time and no longer respond to medicines, making infections harder to treat and increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness, and death. Antibiotic resistance is a
subset of AMR, that applies specifically to bacteria that become resistant to antibiotics. Antimicrobial resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health, food security, and development today and can affect anyone of any age, in any country.
Antibiotic stewardship is the systematic effort to:

measure antibiotic prescribing, to educate and persuade prescribers/dispensers of antimicrobials to follow evidence-based prescribing/dispensing.
to improve antibiotic prescribing by clinicians and use by patients so that antibiotics are only prescribed and used when needed.
to minimize misdiagnoses or delayed diagnoses leading to the underuse of antibiotics and to ensure that the right drug, dose, and duration are selected when an antibiotic is needed.

With support of the Pfizer independent quality improvement grant, CFID with technical support from the Nigeria Center for Disease prevention and Control (NCDC), implemented interventions across 14 urban and rural hospitals in Nigeria to address AMR in hospitals and community/ out-patient settings to improve patient health outcomes. The program trained over 3000 multidisciplinary health care workers to increase knowledge and capacity building on AMS and to maintain good stewardship practices over time.

CAMS community advocacy-sensitization meeting

Community engagement through advocacy and sensitization meetings is a component that CFID employ to ensure system strengthening and community involvement. Implementing Community Antimicrobial Stewardship (CAMS) models across 6 states in Nigeria is an initiative to promote behavioural change in rational use of drugs, by; promoting rational dispensing and use of antibiotics, reduce non-prescription, dispensing of antibiotics and increase knowledge and skills on antibiotic stewardship practices at the community level.

Cams Rud Survey in Target Communities

Implementing Community Antimicrobial Stewardship (CAMS) model in Nigeria is a project funded by Pfizer’s independent quality improvement grant with the main purpose to promote behavioral change in the rational use of drugs and to protect and preserve the effectiveness of antimicrobials. In achieving this, selected patent and proprietary medicine vendors (PPMVs) and pharmacy owners/community pharmacists were trained to increase their knowledge
and capacity building:

In reducing inappropriate dispensing and use of antibiotics
Reducing overuse and misuse of antimicrobials.

Training of Peer Educators on CAMS

Towards promoting behavioural change on rational use of drugs in the community, CFID conducted training of In-school youth at secondary level as peer educators.

CFID/NCDC Quality Improvement Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) Supportive Visits

Centre for Initiative and Development (CFID) Taraba in collaboration with Nigeria Centre for Disease control (NCDC) conducted supportive supervision in 14 hospitals that are benefiting from CFID Quality Improvement Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) projects across 9 states in Nigeria. The purpose of the visit was to meet with hospital AMS teams and discuss the progress of the programs and identify areas that require further support. During the visits, the AMS team leads presented modules on “Implementing AMS intervention”. A courtesy visit to the hospital management was done alongside with supportive supervision.