WHO Guidelines on Use of Medically Important Antimicrobials in Food-Producing Animals

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In May 2015, the Sixty-eighth World Health Assembly recognized the importance of the public health problem posed by antimicrobial resistance by adopting the global action plan on antimicrobial resistance (“global action plan”). The global action plan proposes interventions to control antimicrobial resistance, including reducing the unnecessary use of antimicrobials in humans and in animals. The global action plan also emphasizes the need to take a cross-sectoral, “One Health” approach for controlling antimicrobial resistance, involving efforts by actors from many disciplines including human and veterinary medicine. Recognizing the urgent need for cross-sectoral action to address antimicrobial resistance, the assemblies of the FAO and OIE also adopted resolutions supporting the global action plan in 2015.