KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 15 (Bernama) — The National Antibiotic Awareness Week Campaign 2019 is being held on November 14, 2019 at the National Institutes of Health, Setia Alam, Selangor. The campaign through the “One health” approach aims to raise awareness among the public and professionals on the effects of overuse and misuse of antibiotics in human and in the food chain towards the global health.
The rise of the antibiotic resistance is very serious and is one of the four health issues discussed at the United Nations General Assembly (UN). The World Health Organization (WHO), the World Animal Health Organization (OIE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have also declared antibiotic resistance as one of the threats to global health. This illustrates the great threat of antibiotic resistance to human and animal health worldwide.