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The Quadripartite Organizations established the Technical Group on Integrated Surveillance on Antimicrobial use and resistance
27/01/2023
The Quadripartite organizations, made up of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), World Health Organization (WHO), and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), have established the Quadripartite Technical Group on [...]
Six countries assess their food safety situation
06/01/2023
Six countries have now assessed their plans to address foodborne antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as part of the “Action to support implementation of Codex AMR Texts (ACT)" project...
From heroes' awards to a TV series on AMR: ACT in action during World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2022
16/12/2022
The “Action to support implementation of Codex AMR Texts (ACT)” project is working with Bolivia, Cambodia, Colombia, Mongolia, Nepal, and Pakistan to support their efforts to minimize and contain foodborne antimicrobial resistance (AMR). World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) 2022 provided [...]
A regional network of laboratories will help fight antimicrobial resistance
08/12/2022
Two back-to-back events addressing AMR in the food and agriculture sectors of Europe and Central Asia concluded today in Moscow...
1,400 pig producers in Colombia trained to reduce the need for antimicrobial and prevent AMR
28/11/2022
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) concerns not only human health, but also the agricultural sector, since many of the antimicrobials used to treat animal infections are similar or identical to those used in human medicine. The Colombian Association of Pig Farmers (Porkcolombia), [...]
Antimicrobials: Handle with care
22/11/2022
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2022 is a global campaign to raise awareness and understanding of AMR and promote best practices among One Health stakeholders to reduce the emergence and spread of drug-resistant pathogens. Tackling AMR through One Health will help achieve [...]
Presentation of the "One Health Legislative Assessment Tool for Antimicrobial Resistance"
22/11/2022
The Development Law Service (LEGN) In collaboration with the FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, the Quadripartite Organizations (UNEP, WHO and WOAH) in Latin America, and their legal teams in Ginevra and Paris, have conducted a regional [...]
FAO urges collective action to tackle antimicrobial resistance
21/11/2022
Activities, of the World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2022 in Europe and Central Asia, to share knowledge and promote intersectoral cooperation are also planned by FAO at country-level in the region. These efforts aim to target a wide range of audiences, and [...]
Stakeholder consultations on the AMR Partnership Platform
18/11/2022
The establishment of the AMR Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Platform by the Quadripartite included comprehensive consultations with stakeholders across the globe. Stakeholders provided valuable insights on the Platform’s structure and function but also elaborated on what priorities the Platform should focus on [...]
Antimicrobial resistance: Now is the time for collective action
18/11/2022
Quadripartite launches new Antimicrobial Resistance Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Platform to help tackle common threat to human and animal health and ecosystems