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Today, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, in collaboration with FAO and WHO are joining their high level commitment to launch the Antibiotic Awareness Week.

The second National Antibiotics Awareness Week in Viet Nam highlights the continued high level commitment of the government against antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Running under the theme: Together and Stronger against AMR, the campaign brings together various sectors: health, agriculture, industry [...]

The 2016 Codex Alimentarius Commission acknowledged that AMR is a serious public health threat requiring urgent attention by Codex, and that a coordinated approach was needed at the international and national level to combat AMR

Laos and other countries around the world have pledged to take immediate action to combat the spread of antimicrobial resistance. Globally and in the region, the pledge to combat AMR was made with the support and collaboration of FAO, OIE [...]

"The imprudent and irrational use of antibiotics – in livestock, fisheries, agriculture and public health sectors contributes to the emergence of antimicrobial resistance. Antibiotics are indeed essential in treating animal diseases, but their misuse and overuse can lead to the [...]

Alrededor de 700 000 personas mueren cada año a causa de infecciones debidas a la resistencia a los antimicrobianos (AMR), según las estimaciones. En todo el mundo, la AMR supone una amenaza importante para la inocuidad y seguridad alimentarias, los [...]

La creciente evidencia del papel de los sistemas alimentarios como vías principales de transmisión de la resistencia a los antimicrobianos (AMR) plantea la necesidad de intensificar la vigilancia sobre la utilización de los antibióticos en las explotaciones ganaderas.

Representatives from countries in Asia and the Pacific have pledged to take immediate action to combat the spread of antimicrobial resistance. The pledge was made with the support and collaboration of FAO, OIE and WHO.

Representatives from countries in Asia and the Pacific have pledged to take immediate action to combat the spread of antimicrobial resistance. The pledge was made with the support and collaboration of FAO, OIE and WHO.

FAO Viet Nam's ECTAD, in collaboration with DAH, organized a Consultation Workshop entitled: ‘Viet Nam Action Plan for Antimicrobial Usage (AMU)/Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) reduction in Livestock Sector’ on 1 November 2016 in Hanoi