Belgian Antibiotic Policy Coordination Committee (BAPCOC)

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• The new site of BAPCOC is now available in Dutch (Flemish) and French at  http://www.health.fgov.be/antibiotics.
  
  
• The sites of the 2000-2003 public antibiotic campaigns can be found at
• http://www.antibiotiques.org (French)
• http://www.red-antibiotica.org (Dutch [Flemish])
• http://www.antibiotika-gezielt.org (German)
  
  
• The site of the 2004-2005 public antibiotic campaign (ongoing) is at http://www.antibiotics-info.be
  

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This site contains the following public scientific material for viewing and/or download
(by reverse chronological order):

• Association Between Antibiotic Sales and Public Campaigns for Their Appropriate Use
  I. Bauraind, J.M. Lopez-Lozano, A. Beyaert, J.L. Marchal, B. Seys, F. Yane, E. Hendrickx, H. Goossens, P.M. Tulkens, and L. Verbist
  JAMA - The Journal of  the American Medical Association, 292:2469-70, 2004.
  
  
• Two Years of National Public Campaigns to Promote Appropriate Use of Antibiotics in the Community In Belgium
  I. Bauraind, H. Goossens, E. Hendrickx, F. Yane, B. Seys, J.-L. Marchal, P.M. Tulkens, L. Verbist, J.-M. Lopez-Lozano, A. Beyaert,
  (Poster 1362 A; presented at the 43d Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, IL, 14-17 September 2003 [this conference was organized by the American Society for Microbiology {ASM} ] )
  
  
• Evidence-based medicine - a tool to evaluate drug therapy: principles and pplications to infectious Diseases
  Prof. R. Finch, University of Nottingham, Notingham, United Kingfdom, and former Editor-in-Chief of "The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy"
  Presented at the Belgian Antibiotic Policy Coordination Committee on January 30th, 2003
  
  
• Guidelines in Infectious Diseases: same goals, different strategies
  Prof. W. Peetermans (Infectie Ziekten, Universitair Ziekenhuis Gasthuisberg, KU-Leuven)
  Presented at the Séminaire de Pathologie Infectieuse of the Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels on September 19, 2002
  
  
• Evaluation of the Impact of a Public Campaign for a More Rational Use of Antibiotics in Belgium
  I. Bauraind, I. Vanden Bremt, M. Bogaert, H. Goossens, Ph. Mouchet, P. Trefois, J.-L. Marchal, B. Seys, P.M. Tulkens & L. Verbist
  (Presented as an oral communication ("late breaker") at the 41st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, IL, 16-19 December 2001 [this conference was organized by the American Society for Microbiology {ASM} ] )
  
  
• Pourquoi et comment une politique antibiotique en Belgique ?
  Dr I. Bauraind (Ministère de la Santé Publique, Commission de coordination de la Politique Antibiotique, Bruxelles)
  Presented at the Séminaire de Pathologie Infectieuse of the Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels on September 19, 2002
  
  
• A public campaign for a more rational use of antibiotics
  I. Bauraind, H. Goossens, P.M. Tulkens, M. De Meyere, P. De Mol, and Ludo Verbist.
  (Presented as a poster at the 11th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Istanbul, Turkey, 1-4 April 2001 [this congress was organized by the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases [ESCMID]).

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