Regional webinar "Ask to the Experts: How does antimicrobial resistance affect me on a daily basis?"

Live broadcast

Background

Every year, from 18 to 24 November, the World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week is commemorated as part of the global initiative to increase awareness and knowledge of this issue and promote best practices to reduce the emergence and spread of resistant pathogens that affect human and animal health. 

In this context, on November 18th, at 13:00 (UTC -3), this webinar will be held as an open space to make known the main concepts of AMR and bring the general public closer to concrete answers to minimize their risk derived from the inappropriate use of antimicrobials and the lack of hygiene and safe food handling, among other aspects.

In Latin America and the Caribbean, this activity is coordinated by the Quadripartite Alliance between of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH), the Panamerican Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Experts

• Andrés González, Sustainable Livestock, Health and Biodiversity/One Health Officer at the FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Fabrizzio Canaval, One Health Consultant, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) North American Office
• Pilar Ramón Pardo, Head of the Antimicrobial Resistance Program, PanAmerican Health Organization (PAHO)
• Jalusa Deon Kich, expert of the AMR Working Group, World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH)
  

You are now invited to prepare your questions to the experts, and register for the webinar here

About RAM Awareness Week

This year, under the slogan "act now: protect our present, secure our future" the aim is to raise awareness and encourage global initiatives to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR). During the Week, the One Health approach is promoted through various events and activities organized around the world, with the aim of addressing AMR in the areas of human, animal, plant and environmental health.

The campaign calls on all actors, including governments, civil society, health professionals, veterinarians and other animal health professionals, farmers, environmental actors and the public, to turn political commitments into concrete actions.

For more information on the campaign: World AMR Awareness Week