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“La FAO a través de su Centro de Referencia para la RAM, SENASICA de México, efectuó un webinario regional para compartir y consolidar avances y propuestas del proyecto regional gestionado por FAO, OIE, OPS y la UE en siete países [...]

 “El nuevo plan FAO presenta cinco objetivos estratégicos expresados en una cadena de resultados, y una lista detallada de actividades clave para orientar la implementación de los planes nacionales de acción sobre RAM en el sector de la alimentación y [...]

“Sabemos que la multidisciplina, el contacto entre los sectores público, privado y la academia, puede ser tremendamente virtuoso para poder compartir experiencias y puntos de vista, y consolidar los pasos a seguir en una materia tan importante como la RAM” [...]

L’outil FAO-ATLASS permet aux pays d'évaluer leur système de surveillance de la résistance aux antimicrobiens dans les secteurs de l’alimentation et de l’agriculture La résistance aux antimicrobiens (RAM) est la capacité des microorganismes à devenir résistants aux antimicrobiens tels que les [...]

It called for the global engagement of all actors to step up efforts to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR), through a One Health approach. To mark the occasion, FAO Deputy Director-General, Maria Helena Semedo, and the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Health [...]

This week is World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW). The theme for WAAW 2021 is “Spread awareness, stop resistance.” With this year’s theme, we want to encourage human, animal, and environmental health stakeholders to be AMR Awareness Champions in their families, [...]

Keith Sumption, FAO’s Chief Veterinary officer, did his doctoral research decades ago in southern Africa, at a time when veterinary medicines to maintain livestock health were available only a few days out of each year. Today the problem is not [...]

Markus Lipp, FAO Senior Food Safety Officer, explains here what the new standards mean.

Director-General QU Dongyu warns of threat to food security and livelihoods as well as human and animal health

FAO, OIE and PAHO, the implementing organizations of the regional project “Working Together to Fight Antimicrobial Resistance”, have signed an addendum with the European Union to extend this initiative for an additional year. This expansion, in scope and duration, will [...]