Launch of AMR Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Platform

Published on November 22, 2022

Quadripartite launches a new platform to tackle antimicrobial resistance threat to human and animal health and ecosystems

The Antimicrobial Resistance Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Platform was launched  18 November 2022  to ensure the growing threats and impacts of antimicrobial resistance are addressed globally.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organization ( WHO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), known as the Quadripartite  are joining forces on this initiative to underscore the threat AMR presents to humans, animals, plants, ecosystems and livelihoods.

 

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