Federation of Asian Pharmaceutical Associations (FAPA)
Revised Guidelines
In the FAPA Leaders’ Meeting for the Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance: A Commitment
to Action held last September 2015, the body has committed to join the FAPA AMR Four
Frame Comic Contest. The revision in this guidelines refers to the changes in the deadline of
submission of entries.
Four-Frame Comic Competition
……..PLEASE REFER TO THE FOLLOWING COMPETITION RULES…..
FAPA Four-Frame Comic Competition
I.
Target: This comic competition is mainly to promote antimicrobial awareness and
its responsible use for prevention of antimicrobial resistance to the general public.
II.
Eligibility: Must be from FAPA member association. The Member Association
hosts the local competition within their country, and the winner will be submitted
to FAPA Secretariat to compete at the international level.
III.
Prize:
National Level, USD$100 for each first winner
International Level, USD$1000 for 1st winner, USD$500 for 2nd place, USD$300
for 3rd runner
IV. Drawing requirements:
Four-Frame Comic,
Black/White or Colorful,
A4
300 dpi resolution for digital comics (highly encouraged)
V. Submission:
Local Level, should be submitted to our local FAPA member association
International Level, should be submitted to our FAPA Secretariat on November
13 by the FAPA Member Association
Time schedule
Date/Time
Task
Note
Sept 12November 12
Conduct of Local Pharmaceutical Association
Members’ AMR 4-Frame Comic Competition
Local Grand
winner will receive
$100
November 13
Submit through email to FAPA Secretariat
November 16-20
FB voting for International Entries
FAPA Bureau also judges the entries according to set
Criteria
November 21
Counting Votes & Preparation for Official
Announcement
November 22
Official Announcement of
International Grand Winner
Hyping of the AMR
Awareness Week
1st place,
USD$1000
2nd place,
USD$500
3rd place,
USD$300
Reference:
1. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/2015/world-antibiotic-awareness-week/en/
2. US CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/getsmart/week/overview.html
3. MARR:http://www.mi-marr.org/get-smart-week-2015.php
4. Australia: http://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/our-work/healthcare-associatedinfection/antimicrobial-stewardship/antibiotic-awareness-week/
5. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10155894823970386&set=a.1015195914
5595386.887432.892190385&type=1
FAPA 2015 Antibiotics Awareness Campaign
Theme: “Antibiotics: Handle with Care”
Four-frame Comic Competition
Competition Rules
I.
Aims: FAPA supports WHO’s World Antibiotic Awareness Week which aims to
increase awareness of global antibiotic resistance and to encourage best practices
among the general public, health workers and policy makers to avoid the further
emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance.
II. Theme: “Antibiotics: Handle with Care”. The theme of the campaign, Antibiotics:
Handle with Care, reflects the overarching message that antibiotics are a precious
resource and should be preserved. They should be used to treat bacterial infections,
only when prescribed by a certified health professional. Antibiotics should never be
shared and the full course of treatment should be completed – not saved for the future.
III. Host：Federation of Asian Pharmaceutical Associations (FAPA)
IV. Co-Host：FAPA 18 Member Associations & Asian Young Pharmacist Group
(AYPG)
V. Eligibility：General Public
1. Open to the public. You may join as an individual or as a group comprised of not
more than 4 members.
2. Pharmaceutical associations will host the local competition, and the 1st place winner
will be forwarded to FAPA Secretariat and will represent their country to compete
internationally.
3. Pharmaceutical Association agrees to post the entries in their websites or in
Facebook page to maximize promotion. They should also display in exhibit in one of
their events to reach as many readers as possible.
VI. Submission：
Pharmaceutical associations can set their own timelines. But the submission of
entries for International competition must be November 13, 2015.
VII. Awards：
1. Local-level：
Every participants in the local-level competition will be given a Certificate of
Participation. For each 1st-place from each local-level competition (but not winning
the 1st~3rd place in the international-level competition) will be awarded USD$100.
2. International-level：
1st-place from each local-level will continue to compete at the internal-level
competition. For the international-level, the international 1st-place will be awarded
USD$1000, 2nd-place USD$500, and 3rd-place USD$300.
VIII. Review & Scoring
Items
Content
Weight
Fit to Theme
Theme: “Antibiotics: Handle with Care”
40％
Comic Continuity
Story is told in flow of four-frame; Content is
smooth and easy to understand; Facilitate the
viewers to comprehend the meaning of this
competition and the theme
20%
Comic Integrity
In terms of aesthetics, interesting, artistic
30％
Popularity Contest
Votes: Online votes
10%
IX. How to Join the Competition：
1.
Local-level Competition
A.
The detail rules of this part will be given by each of our FAPA member
association.
B.
If you are interested to register, you could contact us in FAPA Secretariat
(fapaasiahq@gmail.com) to ask for contact information to our FAPA member
association.
C.
FAPA Member Associations:
 Thailand - The Pharmaceutical Association of Thailand under Royal
Patronage (PAT)
 Philippines - Philippine Pharmacists Association
 HK - The Pharmaceutical Society of Hong Kong
 Japan - Japan Pharmaceutical Association
 Korea - The Korean Pharmaceutical Association
 Taiwan - Pharmaceutical Society of Taiwan
 Malaysia - Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society
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Pakistan - Pakistan Pharmacist Association
Singapore - Pharmaceutical Society of Singapore
Macao - Pharmacist Association of Macao (PAM)
India - The Indian Pharmaceutical Association
Indonesia - Indonesian Pharmacist Association (Ikatan Apoteker
Indonesia)
Mongolia - Mongolian Pharmaceutical Association
Nepal - Nepal Pharmacy Council
Sri Lanka - Pharmaceutical Society of Sri Lanka
Cambodia - Pharmacist Association of Cambodia (PAC)
Vietnam - Vietnam Pharmaceutical Association
Australia - Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
D.
Your submission to the local-level competition should follow the rules and
regulations made by our FAPA member associations. The language used in
making the artwork could be in your local language.
E.
Make sure on your submission artwork, you have your own personal or team
contact detail information for our FAPA member association to contact you
well.
F. Member associations can regulate the local-level competition depending on the
real local situation and the best way to conduct the local-level competition.
However, our FAPA member associations should take into account the 1stplace (of the local-level) will have to join in the international-level competition
and there’s are rules and regulations decided by FAPA herself which should
be abided by.
G.
Our FAPA member associations should send to FAPA Secretariat their official
entry for the international level competition on November 13.
2.
International-Level Competition
All 1st-place from local-level competitions are requested to submit their refined by
email to our FAPA Secretariat and also carbon-copy to your local-level FAPA member
association.
How to Refine Your Artwork and Send to the Secretariat
A.
Only .JPG electronic file is allowed.
B. Size of file should be no smaller than 10Mb. (Beware the winner’s
artwork will be printed in poster; therefore, please be really careful with the
resolution; it should be in fine enough resolution)
C.
Four frames and title of your artwork should be in a same picture.
D. All words in the picture should be translated into English! (with help
from our local FAPA member associations)
E.
This picture should be sent as Email attachment.
F. Dimensions: Size of page/canvass must be A4.
F. In your email, the subject of your email should be start with “FAPA 2015
Antibiotics Awareness Campaign( International)” and in the content of the
email you should include at least:
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Full Name of All Participants in Your Team
Example: Joseph Wang (First Name + Last Name)
Introduction of Your Team Composition：
Example: President of FAPA 2015-2018
Contact Phone or Cell-phone：(at least two)
Example: +886-2-2374859 (+CountryCode-AreaCode-PhoneNumber)
Contact E-mail：(at least two)
Example: fapaawarenesscampaign@gmail.com
Before November 13, your re-fined artwork to submit to the internationallevel competition should be emailed to fapaasiahq@gmail.com.
X. Notifications：
1.
No limit to number of artwork submit to the local-level competition for
single participant or team.
2.
Local-level competition accept submission from September 19th to
November 12. The submission should follow detail regulation provided by our
FAPA member association.
3.
For the local – or international – level comic competition are both open to
FAPA Member Associations and constituents.
4.
Participants’ misconduct behaviors, illegal violent of copyright, or
plagiarism will be seriously reviewed and discussed.
5.
Participant submission of artwork to join in this campaign simultaneously
grants the right of use the artwork in any non-for-profit form of usage in the future
to FAPA.
6.
FAPA as host of this campaign we have right at all time to revise the
campaign.
7.
Should you have any question about this campaign, please feel free to
contact with us by email (fapaasiahq@gmail.com).