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UN United Nations : Director-General s opening remarks at the World Health Assembly - 24 May 2021
05/24/2021 | 08:57am EDT
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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.
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 and engagement; strengthening surveillance and research; enabling good practices; promoting responsible use of antimicrobials; strengthening governance and allocating resources sustainably.