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In preparation for the World Antibiotic Awareness Week the general public is encouraged to participate in a social media campaign to raise awareness about antimicrobial resistance (AMR). AMR is a global emerging threat to humans and animals, which results from [...]

With the increasing threat of emerging and re-emerging zoonoses, transboundary animal diseases and antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) today announced a regional approach to counter the dangers. ASEAN has committed to the establishment of an [...]

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a worldwide health threat at the human–animal-environment interface. Overuse and misuse of antimicrobials in different sectors can result in ineffectiveness of previously successful human and animal treatments of diseases. Food and feed producing agriculture that use [...]

Harare - Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become an urgent global health threat requiring immediate international and national attention. It is estimated that 700,000 people currently die from AMR related deaths and that by 2050, if not tackled, resistance to antimicrobials [...]

Comunicado conjunto OPAG/ OMS / FAO / OIE En un hecho sin precedentes, los líderes mundiales centraron hoy su atención en cómo detener la propagación de las infecciones resistentes a los medicamentos antimicrobianos.

Many global health crises are dramatic—think of SARS, Ebola, or Zika. New or forgotten diseases erupt or re-emerge, initially defying our understanding, causing serious illness, suffering, and death, traveling swiftly around the world, creating fear and anxiety and damaging economies. [...]

La FAO se comprometió hoy a ayudar a los países a desarrollar estrategias para frenar la propagación de la resistencia a los antimicrobianos en sus cadenas de suministro alimentario, mientras los gobiernos se preparan para debatir el nuevo desafío planteado [...]

La Comisión del Codex Alimentarius, el organismo de las Naciones Unidas encargado de establecer las normas alimentarias, se reúne en Roma del 27 al 30 de junio de 2016 para examinar las normas sobre inocuidad y calidad de los alimentos. Encargado [...]

Antimicrobials, including antibiotics, antifungal, antimalarial and antiviral drugs, play a very critical role in combating infectious diseases in both human and veterinary medicine. However, in recent years there has been a dramatic increase in resistance to the antimicrobials used [...]

FAO and Ministries of Health and Agriculture in Kenya hold a national Multi-stakeholder (One Health) Workshop on Antimicrobial Use and Resistance. The first national cross-sectoral consultative workshop on Antimicrobial Use (AMU) and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) related to agriculture, livestock production, fisheries [...]