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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), [...]

More than a year after the urgent call by the United Nations for countries to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations renewed its commitment to address  antimicrobials (like antibiotics) use in food and [...]

Always seek expert advice before using antimicrobials. That is the strong recommendation of international organizations, led by FAO, the World Health Organization, and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).

 In the lead-up to World Antibiotic Awareness Week (13-19 November 2017), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) are together calling for responsible use [...]

Key items discussed under this agenda item were challenges and threats to the aquaculture sector, including diseases and antimicrobial resistance

FAO acompaña técnicamente a siete países de América Latina y el Caribe para que elaboren sus Planes Nacionales de Resistencia a Antimicrobianos.

Vientiane (Vientiane Times) - Agriculture and health officials and experts from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and United Kingdom Embassy to Laos met in Vientiane on Tuesday to review the fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and animal diseases in [...]

EU Commissioner of Health and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis and FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today agreed to ratchet up collaboration between the two organizations to address food waste, food safety, and antimicrobial resistance in supply chains.

A stronger global effort, including larger investments and improved surveillance measures, is required to ensure that antimicrobials are used responsibly and in ways that do not threaten public health and food production, FAO Deputy Director-General, Maria Helena Semedo, today told [...]

FAO wants to hear about it! Join this photo essay contest and you could win a trip to Bangkok, Thailand The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (FAORAP) has launched a storytelling [...]