Tag: Antimicrobal resistance

Activate Health by Reducing Unnecessary Antibiotic Use

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared November 18th-24th World Antimicrobial Awareness Week. In this guest blog post from antimicrobial expert, Nick Smith, at the BC Centre for Disease Control, learn how you can Activate Health to ensure antibiotics continue to work now and into the future.

Joining Forces Against AMR

We teamed up with Science World and Antibiotic Wise for a free educational event about antibiotic resistance.

BCCDC Foundation Funding Provides Starting Point for Growing Research

One of the aims of the Open Awards Program (OAP) is to allow BCCDC Researchers to develop research questions and projects as a pilot, prior to applying to larger peer-reviewed funding competitions. Having received OAP funding in October 2015, Dr. Amee Manges has done just that, submitting a 2017 CIHR Project Grant application in September …