Dear Colleagues,

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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an extremely important issue for most countries worldwide, including the European and neighboring regions.

 

However, the distribution of AMR is not even, with Central, West and North Europe to have much lower rates than East and South Europe. To focus on AMR in the hot spot regions of East and South Europe and Mediterranean basin, the ESCMID Study Group for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (ESGARS) and the Hellenic Society of Clinical Microbiology are organizing the International Conference "Surveying and combating AMR issues in the highly endemic East and South Europe and Mediterranean Basin".

In this Conference we will try to raise the most crucial AMR problems in our regions, discuss about possible interventions and set up international collaborations.

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We wish that this is the first meeting of many more to come and that expanding knowledge will lead to better outcomes in the battle against AMR. All colleagues who are interested in AMR will be very welcome!

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On behalf of the organizers,

S. Pournaras
Conference Chair