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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) together with the Government of Liberia and One Health Platform join the global movement for action against antimicrobial resistance (AMR), under the theme: “Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance Together,” emphasizing the importance of collective action to address the global health challenge of antimicrobial resistance.

The projected growth in demand for animal-source food in Asia must be balanced with the global need for sustainable, safe food systems.

Download logo Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), is a growing threat where the substances (“antimicrobials”) used to kill or neutralize pathogens lose their effectiveness. Every year, on average, 700,000 people die because of AMR, this number without global action, will continue to rise in tandem with food production losses leading to food insecurity. More recently, a research has shown that […]

04/05/2021 4 May 2021, Rome - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu today urged the international community to step up joint efforts in advocating for the responsible and sustainable use of antimicrobials – actions that can save the lives of people and animals. During the meeting, the Director-General announced FAO’s new Action Plan on AMR for 2021-2025 emphasizing the centrality of capacity building at national level. The Action Plan sets out the vision and goal, as well as five key objectives, which will guide FAO’s work in the next five years, as follows: increasing stakeholder awareness a...

Date Time FAO Director-General calls at UN General Assembly for decisive action to tackle antimicrobial resistance 29 April 2021, Rome/New York – Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is becoming an increasing threat to global health, food safety and security, potentially also leading to substantial socio-economic damage, and to turn this around, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today called for coherent, swift and decisive action. Qu spoke at the day-long High-Level Interactive Dialogue of the General Assembly on AMR, which saw ...