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Diane Ashiru-Oredope

Professor Diane Ashiru-Oredope is the Lead Pharmacist for healthcare-associated infections (HCAI) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) at UK Health Security Agency, the Department of Health Expert Advisory Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infection (ARHAI). She Chairs the English Surveillance Programme for Antimicrobial Utilisation and Resistance (ESPAUR) oversight group and World Antimicrobial Awareness Week Planning Group. She is also Honorary Chair and Professor of Pharmaceutical Public Health at the University of Nottingham.

An antimicrobial pharmacist by background, Diane has led several projects that have shaped national and international policy in tackling antimicrobial resistance, including Start Smart then Focus, Antimicrobial Prescribing and Stewardship Competences, and creating the global Antibiotic Guardian campaign in 2014. From 2016 until March 2022, she was advisor and Global AMR lead for the Commonwealth Pharmacists Association.

10 reasons YOU should be worried about antibiotic resistance

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Antibiotics are essential for treating many infections but they’re losing their effectiveness. Bacteria are fighting back by adapting and finding ways of surviving the effects of our medicines. The bugs are smart – they can naturally become resistant to antibiotics …

Why we must all become antibiotic guardians

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Today PHE launches Antibiotic Guardian, a pledge campaign which forms a key part of the UK’s support for European Antibiotic Awareness Day and the wider fight against antibiotic resistance. This campaign matters because we have to stop the overuse and …