One health and AMR

  • November 24, 2021
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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One health and AMR

Subject – Environment

Context – Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: FAO launches action plan 2021–2025

Concept –

  • The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations launched its Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance(AMR) 2021–2025 on November 19, 2021.
  • The new plan aims to extend FAO’s capacity development assistance to its members. As resistant microbes cross borders, the report said a global effort is the only way to make sure everyone is protected.
  • The action plan takes a ‘One Health’ approach and outlines several possible improvements in agricultural practices to better control AMR, from good nutrition for people and animals, vaccination, hygiene, sanitation and genetics, among other areas.
  • The Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance 2021-2025 builds on the first framework, which spanned from 2016 to 2020. More than 40 low- and middle-income countries have already benefited from FAO’s assistance in developing and implementing AMR National Action Plans.
  • FAO will also report on AMR in relation to the sustainable development goals, both for the indicators for which FAO is the custodian as well as the other SDGs to which FAO’s AMR programme contributes.

To know about One-Health, please refer October 2021 DPN.

Environment One health and AMR