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FAO establishes an Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR) Surveillance Network in Eastern Africa
10/04/2019
AMR Network Meeting for East Africa was organized by the FAO in collaboration with the OIE. The meeting brought together 37 participants drawn from the Ministries in charge of agriculture in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan and [...]
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International organizations step up coordination in human and animal health sectors to ward off infectious diseases and rising antimicrobial resistance
09/04/2019
Alarmed by the continuing threat of infectious diseases that can spread between animals and humans in Asia and the Pacific, three international organizations have announced they are increasing their coordination to respond more effectively across the region.
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The Ministry of Agriculture and FAO Raise Public Awareness on Disease Threats and Antimicrobial Resistance
06/04/2019
The DGLAHS, Ministry of Agriculture together with the FAO ECTAD Indonesia and a number of cross-sectoral partners raise public awareness on the threats of diseases and antimicrobial resistance by providing a Studium Generale public lecture at the UNTB
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Focusing on Denmark and FAO’s joint efforts to combat antimicrobial resistance
21/02/2019
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today met Denmark’s Minister for the Environment and Food, Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, for talks regarding bilateral cooperation, including joint efforts to mitigate the threat of Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in food production.
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Global Feed Safety Platform
05/02/2019
Recognizing the importance of animal feed safety for the production of safe food, the Codex Committee on Residue of Veterinary Drugs in Foods (CCRVDF) requested FAO and WHO to provide scientific advice and risk management options (such as the establishment of maximum limits) to [...]
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Managing the risk of veterinary drug transfer through feed to food
29/01/2019
Medicated feed is one important route for administering veterinary medicinal products to animals, in particular to animals intended for food production.
It can be difficult to administer a veterinary drug to an animal, especially in the case of smaller species typically [...]
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Cambodia joins World Antibiotic Awareness Week Celebrations aiming to prevent misuse of antimicrobials
20/11/2018
Over-prescribing of antibiotics by physicians, veterinarians, dentists and their misuse by farmers result in resistance by the microbes to drugs that were designed to fight them. As a result, human deaths due to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) are estimated to increase [...]
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There is only One Health!
15/11/2018
On the occasion of World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2018, our three organizations, leaders in the fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR), have chosen to speak with one voice. We are calling upon governments to use the “One Health” approach in the fight against AMR, [...]
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Farmers, frontline defenders against antimicrobial resistance
14/11/2018
Farmers have a vital role to play in stemming the spread of antimicrobial resistance among disease-causing pathogens, and can make a significant contribution simply by adopting good hygiene practices during their day-to-day farm operations.
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Antimicrobial resistance is a threat to lives and livelihoods worldwide
12/11/2018
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has joined the World Health Organization (WHO) today in launching World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW) in the Near East and North Africa region, celebrated every year in November.