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Intensive aquaculture production is necessary to meet increasing global demand for fish and shellfish, but bacterial pathogens can cause devastating losses leading to product shortages. This is because bacterial pathogens tend to act opportunistically on already damaged or severely immunocompromised [...]

Experts in agriculture, health and the environment joined forces at a workshop in Khartoum, Sudan, 24 to 27 July, to draft a National Action Plan (NAP) tackling the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when pathogens become [...]

Vietnam launches National Action Plan for management of antibiotic use and control of antibiotic resistance in livestock production and aquaculture 2017-2020. Story from ECTAD Vietnam: http://www.fao.org/in-action/ectad-vietnam/news/detail/en/c/1027508/ 02/08/2017  Ha Noi - The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) launches the Viet [...]

New work on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) was approved by the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) at its 40th Session in Geneva 17 to 22 July 2017. The Commission agreed to developing Guidance on Integrated Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance, and revising its [...]

In collaboration with the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), FAO had supported the establishment of the Indian Network for Fisheries and Animal Antimicrobial Resistance (INFAAR) by bringing together a large number of ICAR laboratories. In a recent FAO-ICAR meeting (held at [...]

In a two-day meeting of national experts, held at Bangalore, India from 5-6 July 2017, FAO facilitated finalization of 17 research priorities on AMR. The research priorities pertain to surveillance and monitoring of AMR, transmission dynamics of resistance, socio-economic perspectives [...]

Bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites are all becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics and other antimicrobial drugs. This means that medicines used to treat common infections are less and less effective, or even useless.

Soutenu par la Russie, ce nouveau projet de la FAO sera mis en œuvre enArménie, en Biélorussie, au Kazakhstan, au Kirghizistan et au Tadjikistan et aidera les autorités nationales à mieux comprendre les menaces posées par les microbes résistants aux [...]

FAO in collaboration with Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) organized a meeting at Central Institute for Fisheries Technology, Kochi, India on 27-28 March 2017 to identify research priorities in veterinary sector on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). 35 researchers from livestock, fishery and human health sectors [...]

The Office of Senator Al Franken hosted a Legislative Briefing on Antimicrobial Resistance and One Health. It was organized by the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) and the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) with the support [...]