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Codex task force seeking consensus on antimicrobial resistance
20/11/2020
Interview with Professor Yong Ho Park during World Antimicrobial Awareness Week
The 43rd Codex Alimentarius Commission, which ended on Friday 6 November focused on the draft standards relayed by the committees that were held since September 2019. Among the topics discussed [...]
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World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, 18-24 November 2020: New language versions of the technical brief on WASH and AMR now available!
19/11/2020
Antimicrobial-resistant microbes that can cause infections (pathogens), along with antimicrobials themselves, can be present in the environment. Contamination of the environment with animal and fish waste containing antimicrobial residue can persist and travel (spread).
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Drug-resistant infections threaten to become next pandemic
18/11/2020
As antimicrobial resistance (AMR) drastically rises threatening to turn into the next pandemic with serious implications for global health, agri-food systems and economies, FAO is calling on actors across all sectors, from farmers to cooks, producers to consumers, to accelerate efforts to prevent the [...]
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World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2020: Sounding the alarm that AMR is here and now
18/11/2020
Today marks the start of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) 2020.
WAAW is a week of global action, events and activities to raise awareness of the issue of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The annual campaign takes place on 18-24 November led by [...]
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FAO promotes prudent use of antimicrobials
17/11/2020
For World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2020 (WAAW), FAO is organizing a series of activities to call attention to this important topic to different audiences of Europe and Central Asia.
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Tackling the dependence of EU food systems on antimicrobials
16/11/2020
In the run-up to European Antibiotic Awareness Day, the European Parliamentary interest group on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) organized an online discussion on ways to reduce AMR to improve the health of people, animals and the environment.
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United in the One Health approach to protect antimicrobials
13/11/2020
The World Antibiotic Awareness Week is of particular importance this year as the COVID-19 crisis is increasing the misuse and overuse of antimicrobials, including antibiotics. Unless something is done, this could worsen the growing long-term problems of antimicrobial resistance.
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Healthier food systems: FAO and EU step up work against Antimicrobial Resistance
03/11/2020
FAO officers met with colleagues from the EU Commission Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) to take stock of joint activities and explore new opportunities for collaboration, especially in the [...]
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Looking for comments: launch of public review
07/10/2020
7 October. Today the Development Law Service of FAO (LEGN) launched the public review of the “Methodology to analyse AMR-Relevant Legislation in the Food and Agriculture Sector – Guidance Document for Regulators”, available in English, Spanish, French and Russian.
The public [...]
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¿Sabes el impacto que tiene el cambio de comportamiento para contener la RAM?
16/09/2020
Recientemente FAO realizó el webinar "Reunión inicial y aprendizaje conjunto del conocimiento conductual", en el cual participaron expertos en antropología, medicina tropical y conocimiento conductual, para analizar el impacto que tiene la comunicación de riesgos y la generación de conocimientos [...]