Resistencia a los antimicrobianos

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Los medicamentos antimicrobianos desempeñan un papel fundamental en el tratamiento de enfermedades y su uso es fundamental para proteger tanto la salud humana como la animal. Sin embargo, las sustancias antimicrobianas suelen utilizarse indebidamente para tratar y prevenir enfermedades en el sector ganadero, acuícola y en la producción agrícola. Estas acciones suelen estar asociadas con el riesgo potencial de aparición y propagación de microorganismos resistentes a los antimicrobianos.

Datos clave

 En 2019 fallecieron 5 millones de personas en todo el mundo por causas relacionadas con la resistencia bacteriana a los antimicrobianos, incluidos 1,3 millones de personas fallecidas como resultado directo de bacterias resistentes a los antibióticos (The Lancet)

En los animales se utilizan 27 clases diferentes de antimicrobianos

En 2011 el mercado mundial de sanidad animal tenía un valor equivalente a 22 000 millones de USD (OCDE)

118 países han aportado datos cuantitativos sobre el uso de antimicrobianos en animales por uno o más años entre 2015 y 2017, un aumento desde los 89 que presentaron datos en 2015

Publicaciones

The Future of antimicrobial use in livestock: The economic cost of action or inaction

The future of antimicrobial use in livestock is a strategic One Health priority for agrifood systems, public health and sustainable development. Antimicrobials must remain available and effective to protect animal health, animal welfare, food security [...]

Antimicrobial use practices in the livestock sector in Kazakhstan

The Understanding Antimicrobial Use in Food and Agriculture series is a compilation of country reports, each describing antimicrobial use (AMU) practices and awareness of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the livestock sector...

University curriculum assessment on the learning outcomes related to antimicrobial resistance at the Faculty of Veterinary Diagnostics and Food Safety at the Samarkand State University of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Husbandry and Biotechnology

The Strengthening Veterinary Education on Antimicrobial Resistance series compiles assessment reports of veterinary education institutions, detailing strengths and areas for improvement in the institutions’ curricula, and recommendations to enhance their education on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) [...]

Noticias

FAO report highlights long-term economic case for tackling antimicrobial resistance in livestock

Antimicrobial growth promoters may offer short-term productivity gains, but the long-term economic costs of rising antimicrobial resistance are far higher Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a significant long-term threat to food security, livestock production, economic welfare and [...]

FAO's Second International RENOFARM Symposium Charts Path to Reduce Antimicrobial Use in Agrifood Systems

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concluded its 2nd International Symposium on Pathways to Reduce the Need for Antimicrobials to Support Sustainable Agrifood Systems Transformation in Chongqing, China, on 29 April [...]

Sustained momentum for the InFARM system: 2025 open call sees near-doubling of global participation and data

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) officially closed the second open call for data of the International FAO Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring (InFARM) system on 15 December 2025. The 2025 cycle represents a landmark year for global [...]

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