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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 [...]
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), [...]