As part of our WAAW 2025 events, CAMO-Net brought together participants from across its global network for a community dialogue event. The session was designed to create space for open discussion on antimicrobial use and resistance, and to highlight the shared responsibility involved in addressing these issues. With colleagues joining from South Africa, Brazil, Uganda, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and the UK, the event reflected the network’s focus on collaboration across different contexts and health systems.
The event sat within a busy week of activity across CAMO-Net’s sites, including hospital-based events in India and South Africa, a photography competition in Brazil, community outreach in Uganda, student engagement in Liverpool, and a billboard campaign in London.
Speakers and participants at the community dialogue discussed how antimicrobial use is shaped within communities, health facilities, and public systems, drawing on experiences from their own countries. The conversation covered pressures around prescribing, the challenges of managing drug availability, the work of community health agents, and the importance of communicating clearly with patients and the wider public. There was also reflection on how national policies influence local practice, and the critical role of frontline teams in navigating rising levels of resistance.
A consistent theme ran throughout the session: antimicrobial resistance requires coordinated, collective action. Bringing together different perspectives in an open forum remains central to CAMO-Net’s approach, and this event helped strengthen that shared understanding.
The session closed with reflections on practical next steps and the importance of maintaining momentum beyond World Antimicrobial Awareness Week.
