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Global antimicrobial resistance forum launched to help tackle common threat to planetary health
30/03/2023
The AMR Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Platform aims to address AMR by bringing together voices from all countries and sectors through a One Health approach
Antimicrobials play a crucial role in preventing and treating infections and diseases in humans, animals and plants, but [...]
Bolivia y Colombia evalúan el Sistema Nacional de Vigilancia de la RAM mediante la Herramienta de Evaluación FAO ATLASS
15/03/2023
Bajo el Proyecto ACT, se aplicó por primera vez presencialmente la versión en español de la herramienta ATLASS en Bolivia y Colombia para evaluar el Sistema Nacional de Vigilancia de la RAM, incluyendo capacidades diagnósticas.
La intervención formó parte del proyecto [...]
FAO publishes antimicrobial resistance terms in different languages
28/02/2023
To avoid misunderstandings and inconsistent interpretations, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has published Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Terms. The technical definitions are now available in all six UN languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish), [...]
The sixth meeting of the Global Leaders Group discusses the global response to antimicrobial resistance
14/02/2023
The Global Leaders Group (GLG) on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) held its sixth (and first in-person) meeting in Barbados on February 7 and 8, hosted by the GLG Chair, Her Excellency Mia Amor Motley, Prime Minister of Barbados, at Sandals Royal [...]
AMR IEC materials and ASF guidelines to be utilized across Lao People's Democratic Republic
09/02/2023
FAO handed over AMR communication and awareness materials and the guidelines on ASF prevention and control in smallholder pig farming to the DLF of the Lao People's Democratic Republic Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry...
FAO and Chulalongkorn University co-organize the first research conference on antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial use in food animals in Asia and the Pacific
08/02/2023
The research conference drew more than 1 000 registrations from academics, policymakers, regulators, scientists and veterinarians in the region and beyond...
Webinar series: Antibiotic use in poultry in relation to AMR of Salmonella in Nepal
07/02/2023
As part of the FAO knowledge dissemination dialogues on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), Narayan Paudyal from the National Animal Health Research Centre of Nepal shared his research results on how antibiotic use in the poultry sector contributes to increasing resistance of [...]
La FAO s’engage sans réserve à lutter contre la propagation de la résistance aux antimicrobiens.
07/02/2023
Le Directeur général de la FAO, M. Qu Dongyu, prend la parole lors de la sixième réunion du Groupe de direction mondial sur la résistance aux antimicrobiens.
FAO supports Ethiopian government in developing media training to raise awareness of antimicrobial resistance
01/02/2023
The mass media plays a crucial role in advocacy, awareness raising and educating society in the prevention and mitigation of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) through dissemination of evidence-based information. For the mass media to play this key role, it is necessary [...]
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 [...]