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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
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Los agricultores, en primera línea contra la resistencia a los antimicrobianos
14/11/2018
Los agricultores desempeñan un papel clave para frenar la propagación de la resistencia a los antimicrobianos entre los patógenos que causan enfermedades, y pueden realizar una contribución importante, simplemente adoptando buenas prácticas de higiene en las actividades cotidianas en sus [...]
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.
World Antibiotic Awareness Week – Emphasis on preventing antimicrobial misuse across the entire Asia-Pacific biosphere
12/11/2018
The global tripartite partnership calling for more responsible use of antibiotics in humans, animals and agriculture (including aquaculture and plant production) has announced it is widening its coverage to include the environment sector.
Semana Mundial de Concienciación sobre los Antibióticos: énfasis en la prevención del uso indebido de antimicrobianos en Asia y el Pacífico
12/11/2018
La asociación tripartita mundial que aboga por un uso más responsable de los antibióticos en los seres humanos, los animales y la agricultura (incluida la acuicultura y la producción de plantas) ha anunciado que amplía su alcance para incluir el [...]