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The discovery of antibiotics – the most important type of antimicrobial drugs – has resulted in improved health and treatment outcomes for people, and prolonged life expectancies. In animals, and also in plants to a smaller degree, it has led [...]

Sarah Cahill, FAO Food Safety Officer, explains the important role of antimicrobials in food production and the implications of their use and abuse for food safety. She also illustrates FAO’s work in this respect and the standards established by the [...]

Juan Lubroth, FAO Chief Veterinary Officer explains the importance of antimicrobials in food production and issues related to resistance. He also illustrates the purpose of the High Level Event on Antimicrobial Resistance at the UN General Assembly of September 21st [...]

Why is it so important to prevent and control Antimicrobial resistance? What actions need to be done? Who are the most important players? Dr Juan Lubroth, Chief Veterinary Officer at FAO, introduces the complex problem of AMR. The interview has been produced [...]

Antimicrobial Resistance - Plights, Parables and Paradoxes: Professor H. Morgan Scott (Epidemiology Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University) talks on antimicrobial resistance, giving an interesting review on the topic and a synthesis [...]