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Launch of the Emerging Pandemic Threats phase 2 (EPT-2) Programme in West and Central Africa
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an emerging public health threat requiring a globally coordinated effort to counter the risks it poses to food security, FAO Deputy Director-General Helena Semedo said Wednesday. Overuse and misuse of antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents foster increasing resistance among the very microbes that cause the infections and disease they were designed to quell, threatening to reverse a century of progress in human and animal health, she said...[Read more]
Under the lead of the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations system is mobilizing a coordinated response to Zika aimed at minimizing the threat in affected countries and reducing the risk of further international spread. "FAO with its resources and expertise, is ready to do its part in addressing this emergency which continues to evolve," said the agency's Director-General, José Graziano da Silva in a statement issued today....[Read more] Upcoming events · FAO-OIE Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) Working Group Meeting · EPT2 Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Workshop · Progressive Control Pathway of FMD (FMD-PCP) in East Africa - an overview Recent publications/newsletters
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