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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), [...]

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.