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Antimicrobials are essential in treating human and animal infectious diseases. However, misuse and overuse of antimicrobials result in Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) which make them less or ineffective at treating diseases.  AMR has now been recognized as a significant threat to [...]

International and national animal and public health; and environment experts will gather in Phnom Penh for the fifth time to discuss the action plan to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Cambodia.

This year’s World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW) just ended on 19 November 2017. FAO ECTAD Indonesia, together with the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) of the Republic Indonesia and other related stakeholders successfully held several events which aimed to raise people’s [...]

La résistance aux antimicrobiens (RAM) intervient lorsque des bactéries, des virus, des parasites et des champignons développent une résistance aux médicaments qui avaient été auparavant utilisés pour les traiter. Selon une étude récente, chaque année, environ 700 000 décès sont [...]

قالت منظمة الأغذية والزراعة للأمم المتحدة (الفاو) أن الجهود لمواجهة انتشار الميكروبات المقاومة للأدوية في المزارع وفي النظم الغذائية بدأت تكتسب زخماً بفضل الدعم القوي من الحكومات والدعم الفني الذي يقوي القدرات الوطنية لمواجهة هذه المشكلة.

Durante el 14 de Noviembre, en Santiago de Chile, en la Oficina Regional de la FAO para América Latina y el Caribe se llevó a cabo un evento intitulado "Combatiendo Juntos la Resistencia a los Antimicrobianos", en el marco de [...]

Washington DC – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Liaison Office for North America (FAOLOW) and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) co-hosted a private roundtable discussion about the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) [...]

The antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is increasingly being recognized as a global problem with serious zoonotic implications. Success in containing AMR warrants multi sectoral actions using One Health approach. It also demands active cooperation from the communities to ensure rational use [...]

The third World Antibiotic Awareness Week during 13 -19 November calls for stronger action from all sectors to stop the misuse and overuse of antibiotics to combat resistance. The National Steering Committee for Antibiotic Resistance, the Food and Agriculture organization [...]

Animal and human health experts march together through the streets of Nairobi during World Antibiotic Awareness Week to celebrate the launch of a new multi-sector plan to tackle AMR. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Kenya (FAOKE), [...]