About World MRSA Day

World MRSA Day October 2, 2010

Loyola University Chicago – Northshore Campus (Simpson Living Learning Center)
10:00am – Press Conference
10:30am – Main Event
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Inaugural World MRSA Day October 1, 2009

The first inaugural and official event for World MRSA DAY took place on October 1, 2009 at Loyola University Chicago with great success. The event started with an international press conference and then followed with the Remembrance Ceremony.

The event raised awareness and MRSA survivors and family members of MRSA victims told their personal stories. Leading MRSA experts revealed stunning data that showed MRSA is at epidemic and pandemic levels across the globe.

MRSA Activists called for a greater government, healthcare industry and community response to the MRSA epidemic – pandemic as MRSA sweeps across the globe.
WORLD MRSA DAY and MRSA AWARNESS MONTH will provide a much needed opportunity to heighten awareness of how MRSA is transmitted and also acknowledge that there is no cure or vaccine for this preventable, mostly un-reportable disease in which the true magnitude of the epidemic is still unknown and vastly under reported.

Awards Ceremony

Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Barry M. Farr, professor emeritus UVA

Man of the Year
Dr. William Jarvis

Woman of the Year
Pat Merryweather, SVP, IL Hospital Assoc.

The 2009 co-chairs for the Inaugural kick-off event were Pat Merryweather – Sr. vice president of Illinois Hospital Association, IL State Rep. Patti Bellock and Jeanine Thomas of MRSA Survivors Network.