UN announces interagency group to coordinate global fight against antimicrobial resistance
Mar 17, 2017, at 01:56 pm
New York, Mar 17 (Just Earth News): The United Nations on Thursday announced the establishment of an Interagency Coordination Group on Antimicrobial Resistance, which will be co-chaired by Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan.
UN agriculture agency calls for giant research leap to rein in farm-driven antimicrobial resistance
Nov 16, 2016, at 09:27 am
New York, Nov 16 (Just Earth News): Combating anti-microbial resistance (AMR) requires much better scientific understanding than now of the myriad of pathways by which resistance emerges and spreads, a United Nations report urges.
UN highlights agriculture's potential to help address climate change and antimicrobial resistance
Sep 27, 2016, at 02:07 pm
New York, Sept 27 (Just Earth News): The role of agriculture should go beyond just generating food to help address global challenges such as climate change and antimicrobial resistance, the head of United Nations agriculture agency stressed on Monday.
At UN, global leaders commit to act on antimicrobial resistance
Sep 22, 2016, at 02:22 pm
New York, Sept 22 (Just Earth News): Meeting at the United Nations on Wednesday, world leaders signalled an unprecedented level of attention to curb the spread of infections that are resistant to antimicrobial medicines.