Information

Henri-Dunant Rd., Wang-Mai, Pathumwan,
Bangkok 10330 Thailand | Website

Date of Designation:

8 November 2019

Areas of work

• One Health approach to combating foodborne AMR
• Epidemiological and risk assessment studies on foodborne AMR transmission
• Isolation of bacterial pathogens and AMR characterization in food and aquatic animals
• Prudent use of antibiotics and development of guidelines for use in livestock

Key activities

• Developing AMR awareness raising materials
• Organizing seminars, trainings or workshops on AMR issues based on One Health concept
• Developing online learning materials on AMR
• Providing advice and support for implementation of national laboratory-based AMR surveillance
• Assessing AMR laboratory capacities using FAO-ATLASS
• Conducting training on AMR testing and surveillance at national, regional and international levels
• Supporting an external quality assurance programme for antimicrobial susceptibility testing in the region
• Annual reporting on the AMR situation in bacteria associated with animals in the region
• Providing support for the development of an AMR database in food and agriculture sectors
• Providing advice on the development of guidelines for prudent use of antimicrobials in livestock
• Conducting research on alternatives to antibiotics and on methods for AMR monitoring (phenotypic and genotypic characterization including whole genome sequencing) in collaboration with regional and international experts
• Developing a collaborative research network among the member states
• Providing advice to AMR Technical Advisory Groups

Working languages

• English
• Thai