The initiative focuses on strengthening biosecurity measures to prevent disease outbreaks and reduce antibiotic use at the farm level.
Meanwhile, research shows that the global market size for animal antibiotics is likely to more than triple in the next decade.
AMR surveillance in plant and aquaculture systems remains limited despite their growing importance for national food security.
The WHO Civil Society Task Force on AMR was formed to ensure civil society contributes meaningfully to global efforts against AMR.
The effectiveness of antimicrobial treatments is limited by diagnostic accuracy and timeliness, the limited availability of registered antimicrobial products for aquatic animals and the growing impact of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
The study is the first in Lake Victoria to isolate and identify bacterial pathogens from a tilapia mortality event and assess their resistance to antibiotics.
The successful adoption of laser therapy could align Danish dairy farming more closely with the global push to fight anti-microbial resistance in animals and humans.
This ban responds to escalating concerns over antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and drug residues in food products in India and beyond.
The latest directive bars the use of any antimicrobial medicinal products for growth promotion or yield enhancement in aquaculture.
Before rolling out interventions, MaziwaPlus will investigate the social, economic, and behavioural drivers of mastitis and antibiotic use.