Small world initiative at the Deutsche Schule Madrid: citizen education to fight the antimicrobial resistance
Poster presented in 7th Congress of European Microbiologist. 26th Congress of the Spanish Society for Microbiology
July 11st, 2017
Serna-Bernaldo C., Sanchez-Mendez I., Valenzuela C., Martin R., Muller F. and Gonzalez-Zorn B.
Antimicrobial resistance is an issue of international concern that will impact all of us. Discovering novel antibiotics and improving awareness and understanding of this problems are some of the strategies to avoid the spread of antibiotic resistance. The Small World Initiative ™ (SWI) started at Yale University in 2012 with the purpose of increasing public awareness among students (not only healthcare professionals), in addition to the possible discovery of new molecules acting as antibiotics from soil bacteria
![]() | Servicio de Zoonosis de Transmisión Alimentaria y Resistencia a Antimicrobianos (ZTA). Centro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria (VISAVET). Universidad Complutense (UCM). |
![]() | Departamento de Sanidad Animal. Facultad de Veterinaria. Universidad Complutense (UCM). |
Biología. Deutsche Schule Madrid. | |
Link to 7th Congress of European Microbiologist. 26th Congress of the Spanish Society for Microbiology