WHAT Online launch of the AURA 2021 Report
The Fourth Australian report on antimicrobial use and resistance in Australia (AURA 2021) will be released by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) on 27 August 2021.
The AURA Reports inform policy and strategies to prevent and contain antimicrobial resistance, and clinical practice changes to improve patient care.
AURA 2021 highlights areas of concern for public health, and opportunities for action in response to antimicrobial resistance. These include: higher rates of prescribing antimicrobials than most European countries and Canada, and continuing prescribing of antimicrobials for conditions where there is no evidence of benefit, such as acute bronchitis. The report also found a significant decline in dispensing of antimicrobials in 2020 during the response to COVID-19 – an important outcome, which needs to be sustained to support reductions in AMR.
AURA 2021 will be launched in a live webcast event on Friday 27 August hosted by Ms Sophie Scott with the Commission's Board Chair, Professor Villis Marshall AC and leading experts in antimicrobial use and resistance.
WHEN Friday 27 August, 12.30 pm – 2.00 pm (AEST)
FORMAT Live-streamed online panel discussion via webcast
Webcast registrations: https://kapara.rdbk.com.au/landers/33e36b.html
Media are invited to register. Interviews are available before and after the launch.
Panellists and presenters:
• Ms Sophie Scott, Host
• Professor Villis Marshall AC, Commission Board Chair
• Professor John Turnidge AO, Senior Medical Advisor, AURA
• Professor Michael Kidd, Australian Government Deputy Chief Medical Officer
• Dr Morgyn Warner, Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist, SA Pathology and Head, Infectious Diseases Unit, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide
• Professor Karin Thursky, Director National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship
• Dr Teresa Wozniak, Senior Research Fellow Menzies School of Health Research and lead, HOTspots
