Oman to host global conference on antimicrobial resistance

Oman to host global conference on antimicrobial resistance

Muscat – Oman will be hosting the third global high-level ministerial conference on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to be held in Muscat on November 24 and 25.

The conference, which aims to accelerate the pace of dealing with AMR at the national, regional and global levels and enhance international cooperation, comes as a follow-up to the success of the two previous ministerial conferences held in the Netherlands in 2014 and 2019.

“The conference programme includes a number of working papers and interactive sessions among the participants, with examples of best practices drawn from different countries of the world,” said Dr Saif al Abri, director general of the directorate general of disease control and surveillance at MoH.

“This conference is an opportunity to stimulate dialogue on the importance of the ‘One Health’ approach to addressing the epidemic of AMR. Hence the slogan for the conference was chosen to be ‘Antimicrobial resistance pandemic: From policy to single health measures’,” he added.

Dr Abri confirmed the participation of the ministers of health, agriculture, animal health and the environment and representatives from the organisations of the quartet – the World Health Organization, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the United Nations Environment Program, and the World Organization for