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FAO backs Seychelles in creating antimicrobial resistance action plan

Oct 27, 2022Oct 27, 2022

SEYCHELLES – Seychelles authorities have teamed up with specialists from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to create an antimicrobial resistance (AMR) action plan for the island nation. Officials analyzed the Seychelles’ existing action plan and evaluated its antimicrobial resistance surveillance at a five-day workshop hosted at the Eden Blue Hotel on the main island of Mahe. Antimicrobials, which are…

Zimbabwe boosts antimicrobial resistance surveillance capacity

Oct 4, 2022Oct 4, 2022

ZIMBABWE – At least 14 laboratories in Zimbabwe have been equipped to provide antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance data thanks to financing from the Fleming Fund, a UK aid programme that helps countries fight AMR. Five of these are devoted to veterinary research, seven to human health, one to food, and one to the environment. Surveillance is a vital tool to…

EFSA assesses sources, mitigation measures against antimicrobial resistance, begins to consider findings on glyphosate analysis

Jun 16, 2021Jun 16, 2021

EUROPE-The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has evaluated the role of food-producing environments in the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the European Union (EU) plant-based food production, terrestrial animals (poultry, cattle and pigs) and aquaculture. Among the various sources and transmission routes identified, fertilizers of fecal origin, irrigation and surface water for plant-based food and water for…