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World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) is an annual global campaign developed by the World Health Organisation to improve awareness and understanding of AMR and encourage best practices among the public, One Health stakeholders and policymakers, who all play a critical role in reducing the further emergence and spread of AMR. The 2022 theme of WAAW … Continue reading World Antibiotic Awareness Week “Preventing AMR Together”

The European Health Management Association’s (EHMA) White Paper, written from a health management perspective, presents strategies that health managers can implement to reduce the environmental impact of medicines at the various stages of the medicine’s lifecycle, including procurement, logistic planning and distribution, prescription, consumption and use, and disposal. The White Paper contains 13 case studies highlighting best practices from across … Continue reading EHMA White Paper: Reducing the environmental impact of medicines from procurement to disposal

NHS Highland, UHI North Highland’s Environmental Research Institute (ERI), and the University of Nottingham have been awarded a £100,000 Medical Research Council grant, working in partnership with the James Hutton Institute, Scottish Water, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, and the University of Uppsala. The project will develop a framework for an eco-directed formulary that will … Continue reading OHBP Contributes to Project Developing a Framework towards Sustainable Medicine Prescribing in Scotland

The Quadripartite, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), is hosting the “Antimicrobial Resistance in the Environment Webinar Series”, which features leading experts and speakers from across these organisations. Webinar 3 was released on October 27th. The series covers the following topics: Webinar 1: Understanding the … Continue reading AMR in the Environment – Online Webinar Series

The Centre for One Health at the Ryan Institute, University of Galway will hold the Annual Conference on Nov 3rd and 4th via Zoom, coinciding with World One Health Day! This FREE One Health conference will feature talks from international experts and early career researchers across the Centre’s research themes (all times in Irish Standard Time, CET … Continue reading Centre for One Health Annual Conference, November 3-4 (online)

The European Platform for the Responsible Use of Medicines in Animals (EPRUMA), has published a factsheet on veterinary medicine waste reduction and correct disposal at the prescriber and user level. The factsheet aims to raise awareness on the need to minimise the environmental impacts of medicines through appropriate disposal of pharmaceutical waste - from households, … Continue reading European Platform for the Responsible Use of Medicines in Animals – Medicine Disposal Factsheet

Natalie Bennet (Green Party peer) calls for action on pharmaceutical environmental impact and antimicrobial resistance (AMR), during debate on pharmaceutical R&D in the UK House of Lords. She referred to a recent quote by Dame Sally Davies (Chief Medical Officer, England) that not enough has been done to tackle AMR. The debate highlighted the need … Continue reading House of Lords debate – Call for action on Pharmaceutical R&D and Environmental Impact

BBC's podcast The Life Scientific explores why scientists study sewage, with Dr Leon Barron (Imperial College London). The answer is that wastewater monitoring can tell us useful information about population health, our activities, and our impact on rivers and the wider environment. Listen to the episode to hear more! BBC Radio 4 - The Life … Continue reading BBC’s Podcast The Life Scientific – Why study sewage?

The British Journal of General Practice published an article calling for reductions in overprescribing in the NHS - as a major healthcare and environmental priority. The article draws on the NHS Sustainability Strategy's target for reductions in the environmental impact of medicines, and further supports that clinicians must be given greater access to the environmental … Continue reading British Journal of General Practice “Tackling overprescribing: a must for climate action”

The PREMIER project (Prioritisation and Risk Evaluation of Medicines in the Environment) published a manuscript in Environmental Science & Technology Letters on "GREENER Pharmaceuticals for More Sustainable Healthcare". PREMIER is a multi-agency collaborative project contributing to a sustainable future by proactively managing the environmental impact of medicines. It brings together collaborators from EFPIA companies, universities, … Continue reading GREENER Pharmaceuticals for More Sustainable Healthcare