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U.N. AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL GROUPS LAUNCH ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE PLATFORM
Nov. 28, 2022
Feedstuffs magazine reports:
The Antimicrobial Resistance Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Platform was recently launched to ensure the growing threats and impacts of antimicrobial resistance are addressed globally.
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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the UN Environment Program (UNEP), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH), known as the Quadripartite, are joining forces on the initiative to underscore the threat AMR presents to humans, animals, plants, ecosystems and livelihoods.
According to the groups, an estimated 1.3 million people around the world die each year directly due to bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR). If no action is taken, that number could soar dramatically, bringing higher public health costs and pushing more people into poverty, especially in low-income countries, underscoring the need for the platform to mobilize further coordinated efforts, they explain.
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