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. 2026 Jan 28;18(1):e102482. doi: 10.7759/cureus.102482

Table 1. The WAAW 2024 program schedule with details of the total participants.

The operational roadmap and participant distribution for the World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week (WAAW) 2024 Institutional Action Plan

S.No Date and day Activities Venue Total participants (n)
1 18/11/2024 Monday Inauguration with an oath ceremony and the release of various guidelines Lecture theatre -3 (LT-3)  141
Workshop on Integrated Antimicrobial Stewardship (IAS) Practices to create Training Of Trainers (TOT) 98
2 19/11/2024 Tuesday Role plays by Nursing Officers (NOs) on hand hygiene (first play), isolation (second play), and biomedical waste (BMW) segregation (third play) to curtail Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) among the public 3 out-patient department (OPD) counters 174
Ice-breaking sessions with healthcare workers (HCWs) in 15 areas and identifying the IAS champion ward/Intensive Care Unit (ICU) using a checklist Ward/ICUs   256
Role plays in school; awareness talk in school PM Shri SSSNS Atal Utkrisht Government Inter College, Thano, Dehradun 250
Quiz competition LT-3 30
3 20/11/2024 Wednesday 3 role plays by hospital attendants (HA), housekeeping staff (HK), Medical Records Clerk (MRC) (one each) on hand hygiene (first play), environment cleaning (second play), and adult vaccination (third play) to curtail AMR among the public 3 OPD counters 159
Ice-breaking sessions with HCWs  in 15 areas and Identifying IAS champion ward/ICU by checklist Wards/ICUs   182
Role plays in school; awareness talk in school Government Inter College, Raiwala, Dehradun 250
Quiz competition LT-3 40
4 21/11/2024 Thursday 3 role plays by BSc Nursing, Paramedical, and MBBS students 3 OPD counters 176
Ice-breaking sessions with HCWs in 12 areas and Identifying IAS Champion ward/ICU by checklist Wards/ICUs     126
Role plays in school; awareness talk in school; poster competition in school Government Inter College, IDPL, Veerbhadra, Rishikesh 300
5 22/11/2024 Friday Quiz/poster competition on WAAW theme for nurses, residents, students LT-3   40
Identifying final IAS champions in each category Dept. of Micro & Pharma 80
Foundation workshop on IAS Practices for residents and nurses Mini-auditorium 92
Ice-breaking sessions with HCWs in 12 areas and identifying IAS champion ward/ICU by checklist Wards/ICUs     114
6 23/11/2024 Saturday Pharmacy Stewardship Workshop LT-B 60
Closing ceremony 220
7 24/11/2024 Sunday Community awareness activity with local pharmacists Local pharmacy shops 50-60
Roleplay (on AMR impact with death) with a talk (How can AMR be effectively contained?) at a public gathering Triveni Ghat 160
  Everyday (18-24th) Awareness on social media YouTube, WhatsApp Many