Antibiotics:
 
use them less often 
but   betteraaa
Official WEB site of the Belgian National Campaign for a more appropriate use of antibiotics in 2001-2003

English being not one of the national language of Belgium, the material shown on this site is mainly geared at presenting to foreign professionals what has been done in Belgium for promoting a more appropriate use of antibiotics.  Please, move down for access to the public WEB sites ...
 
  • PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS (in English - as PDF files)

    • -  11th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology
        and      Infectious Diseases (ECCMID),  Istanbul, Turkey,  Apr. 2001 (Poster)
    -  41st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial 
       Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, Ill., Dec 2001 
       ("Late breaker" oral presentation in 14 slides) 
    - Why and how a public campaign in Belgium ?
      (detailed presentation in 63 slides)
    -      43d  Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial 
       Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, Ill., Sept 2003
       (Poster)

    . Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
      Association between Association between antibiotic sales and public campaigns
      for their appropriate use.
      JAMA 2004; 24:2468-2470
      Abstract
      Link to PubMed (US National Library of Medicine): PMID=15562124
      Reprint (PDF file) (for academic use only; copyright owned by the publisher)

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  • MATERIAL MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC
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    This campaign has been initiated by the 
    Belgian Antibiotic Policy Coordination Committee
    (BAPCOC) with the support of the following scientific societies
    GRAPHIC DESIGN: A.S.B.L. QUESTION SANTE
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