Russia backs FAO work to tackle antimicrobial resistance with $3.3 million
Wednesday, 2017/04/05 | 07:56:09
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New project will address AMR risks in food and agriculture in Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
Figure: A veterinarian in Belarus conducting laboratory tests.
FAO 3 April 2017, Rome - Russia is backing an FAO-led effort to promote food safety and prevent the spread of medicine-resistant "superbugs" in food and on farms in five countries in Central Asia and Eastern Europe with a donation of nearly $3.3 million.
Speaking today at an event to mark the start of the joint effort, Anna Popova, head of Russia's Federal Service for Surveillance and Consumer Rights Protection, pledged that her country would bring its significant epidemiological research capacity to bear in support of improved regional cooperation on AMR.
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