Mongolia is one of the first countries to start assessing their national antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance system in the food and agriculture sectors. This is part of the new AMR Codex Texts (ACT) project. The project was highlighted on three national TV networks as prime-time news.

“We trained 25 specialists from eight laboratories, we also conducted a workshop on the ATLASS tool with more than 100 stakeholders, assessed one regional laboratory, conducted a workshop to introduce the findings along with recommendations for the next decisions”, noted Jargalmaa Radnaabazar, ACT project manager in Mongolia.

To assess the national antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance system in the food and agriculture sectors in Mongolia, a mission took place in June 2022. This activity is part of the ACT project “Implementation of Codex standards to support containment and reduction of foodborne antimicrobial resistance”, supported by the Government of Korea.

The journalists talked to representatives of FAO and interviewed the beneficiaries of the project who highlighted the importance of this project for Mongolia, and the emergency to control AMR.

Full TV reports from Mongolia here:

• https://fb.watch/dOwRHelC7Q/ - National News on TV  
• https://fb.watch/dOx6dA9zUN/ - National News on SBN TV (19:35-23:30 min)
• https://fb.watch/dOxfoPdAGA/ - National news on MN25 channel (26:04-28:23)

Read more about the ACT project here: Implementation of Codex standards to support containment and reduction of foodborne antimicrobial resistance (AMR) (GCP/GLO/505/ROK) | Antimicrobial Resistance | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (fao.org)

Read more about the mission in Mongolia here: Mongolia planning to assess national antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance system | CODEXALIMENTARIUS (fao.org)