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FAO has officially designated the Faculty of Veterinary Science at Thailand’s Chulalongkorn University as a Reference Centre for antimicrobial resistance (AMR), FAO’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific announced today. In the Asia-Pacific Region, this is the first formally designated [...]

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the major threats faced by the global community. When a microorganism becomes resistant to medicines, the opportunities for treating diseases are reduced.

An Information Session organized by FAO and the South Centre in collaboration with Permanent Missions of Ghana and Norway

FAO, OIE and WHO intensify One Health approach

Antimicrobial Resistance experts from 5 Sub-Saharan African countries join to develop innovative behavior change strategies

When you are sick, you may need medication. Same goes for the livestock, whose products you might consume. But not all diseases, either in humans or animals need to be treated with antibiotics...

International organizations unite on critical recommendations to combat drug-resistant infections and prevent staggering number of deaths each year

Almost a year after Ghana launched its national strategy to fight drug-resistant superbugs, strategic One Health players including animal, human, plant, and environment experts, and the private sector, gathered to assess the progress of the implementation of the FAO-developed AMR [...]

AMR Network Meeting for East Africa was organized by the FAO in collaboration with the OIE. The meeting brought together 37 participants drawn from the Ministries in charge of agriculture in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan and [...]

Alarmed by the continuing threat of infectious diseases that can spread between animals and humans in Asia and the Pacific, three international organizations have announced they are increasing their coordination to respond more effectively across the region.