World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW) is a global campaign to raise awareness and increase understanding of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and to promote global action to tackle the emergence and spread of drug-resistant infections. WAAW is observed annually from 18 to 24 November.
The theme for WAAW 2026 is: “One Health, one action: Prevent AMR now”
Co-organisers: DRAIGON consortium and ESGMD
Culture-independent and AI-supported diagnostics promise to transform infectious disease management - but where do they stand today, and what remains out of reach? This webinar explores the current capabilities and limitations of metagenomics and long-read sequencing, from detecting emerging and hard-to-culture pathogens to the persistent gap between a genomic result and an actionable clinical decision. It will discuss practical barriers to implementation: turnaround time, cost, accreditation, and equitable access beyond well-resourced settings.
Co-organised by SHEA
Neutropenic and haemato-oncology patients, transplant recipients, ICU patients, neonates and children are systematically underrepresented in stewardship trials and guidelines — yet they carry the highest infectious risk. This webinar tackles the specific challenges these populations pose: rising MDR Gram-negative rates in febrile neutropenia and their impact on empirical therapy, the tension between de-escalation and fear of undertreating an immunocompromised host, and the role of colonisation screening and diagnostic stewardship.
Political commitments on AMR are only as meaningful as the systems built to hold governments to them. This webinar takes stock of the 2024 UN declaration targets and the tracking mechanisms behind them - GLASS, TrACSS, the Independent Panel for Evidence for Action against AMR, and emerging accountability frameworks.
Co-organisers: MediCA2C, ESGARS, ESGVM
Climate change, intensive agriculture, contaminated coastlines and cross-border human movement are reshaping the AMR and emerging infection landscape in ways that no single surveillance system can capture alone. This webinar explores where these pressures converge, examining integrated One Health surveillance, the unique contribution of environmental monitoring, and the equity gaps that leave the southern shore systematically under-resourced.
Co-organiser: UICC
Cancer patients face AMR from opposite directions: in resource-limited settings, they may die from treatable infections because effective antibiotics or diagnostics are simply unavailable, while in high-income centres, prolonged broad-spectrum exposure drives resistance and microbiome disruption. This webinar explores both sides of this paradox, examining the role of diagnostics, infection prevention and control, and antimicrobial stewardship in protecting vulnerable patients. The goal is the same in both contexts: the right antibiotic, for the right patient, at the right time.
