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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.

The DGLAHS, Ministry of Agriculture together with the FAO ECTAD Indonesia and a number of cross-sectoral partners raise public awareness on the threats of diseases and antimicrobial resistance by providing a Studium Generale public lecture at the UNTB

FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today met Denmark’s Minister for the Environment and Food, Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, for talks regarding bilateral cooperation, including joint efforts to mitigate the threat of Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in food production.

Recognizing the importance of animal feed safety for the production of safe food, the Codex Committee on Residue of Veterinary Drugs in Foods (CCRVDF) requested FAO  and WHO  to provide scientific advice and risk management options (such as the establishment of maximum limits) to [...]