World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, 18-24 November 2020

AMR is here and now: United to strengthen food systems and secure livelihoods

Antimicrobial medicines have long been overused and misused. Now, around the world, people, plants and animals are dying from infections that cannot be treated – even with our strongest antimicrobial treatments.

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is spreading further and faster every day. If left unaddressed, AMR may force tens of millions more people into extreme poverty, hunger and malnutrition.

Food and agriculture sectors have a pivotal role to play in tackling AMR. At every stage of the food chain measures must be taken to slow the spread of AMR and to use antimicrobials more responsibly. 

http://www.fao.org/antimicrobial-resistance/world-antimicrobial-awareness-week/en/