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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) welcomes the adoption of the second Political Declaration on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) at the United Nations General Assembly’s High-Level Meeting, held on the 26 September in New York. The declaration reaffirms [...]

FAO, UNEP, WHO and WOAH welcome agreement at UN General Assembly meeting, including target to reduce human deaths from AMR by 10 percent by 2030

Seoul, Republic of Korea – Thanawat Tiensin, Assistant Director-General (ADG) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), delivered a congratulatory speech at the opening of the 4th Global Conference on Foodborne Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), held in [...]

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) have taken a leading role in promoting One Health at global [...]

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recently concluded a series of regional training sessions aimed at strengthening global surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) through its International FAO Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (InFARM). The training sessions, conducted [...]

In an effort to combat AMR, FAO has implemented Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices (KAP) surveys aligned with the objectives in its Action Plan and the Global Action Plan...

To help strengthen Kyrgyzstan's capacity to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) held a series of consultations in Bishkek from 2 to 4 July. The objectives of the meetings were to present [...]

FAO has launched its ambitious and wide-ranging global information system aimed at developing and strengthening operational national surveillance systems so they can efficiently contribute to generating reliable and timely antimicrobial resistance (AMR) evidence in animals and food at national, regional, [...]

FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today highlighted the urgent nature of the challenge posed by Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) stressing the critical need for coordinated cross-sectoral action. 

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a significant threat to public health, animal health, and the environment. In Kenya, the overreliance on antimicrobials in poultry farming has led to the emergence and spread of resistant bacteria, which can affect both animals and [...]