Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations (FAO) Qu Dongyu has highly lauded the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to attain food security for 165 million people of Bangladesh despite being one of the top ten most populous countries in the
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AMR to be more devastating than coronavirus if not addressed: PM
4th May, 2021 11:40:24
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said, if not contained properly, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) will be more devastating than the coronavirus pandemic as it can endanger every living creature alongside food security and progress towards the SDGs attainment regardless geographical location.
“The COVID-19 pandemic is the defining public health crisis of our time that has already taken more than three million lives. However, the impending pandemic, in the form of antimicrobial resistance will cause even more harm to the global health,” she said.
She was addressing the opening session of the first meeting of the “One Health Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance” on virtual platform, reports BSS.
Antimicrobial resistance can even threaten food security: PM Hasina United News of Bangladesh (UNB)
Bangladesh, May 4 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) will not only endanger human, animal and plant health, but also threaten food security and the progress achieved in SDGs. The Covid-19 pandemic is the defining public health crisis of our time that has already taken more than three million lives. However, the impending pandemic, in the form of antimicrobial resistance, will cause even more harm to the global health, she said.
The Prime Minister said this in her pre-recorded video message in the One Health Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (GLG-AMR) as co-chair with Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Amor Mottley.