Regional and Sub-Regional Activities
The key activities include AMU monitoring workshops to understand the AMU supply chain; awareness seminars for the livestock and aquaculture industries; awareness seminars for the veterinary educations establishments (VEE); laboratory trainings on AMR surveillance; and focal point trainings for veterinary products.
- Related events and activities:
- World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (18-24 Nov 2022)
- World Antimicrobial Awareness Week Tripartite + UNEP Event: AMR Storytellers from the Asia-Pacific (24 Nov 2021, virtual event)
- OIE Virtual Consultation Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance and Antimicrobial Use in Aquaculture (22 Jun 2021, virtual meeting)
- Joint FAO/OIE Activity: Second Consultation Meeting on Regional Monitoring and Surveillance Guideline Volume 5: “Monitoring antimicrobial use at the farm level” (27-29 Apr 2021, virtual meeting)
- Webinar on Responsible and prudent antimicrobial use (AMU) in companion animals (18 Nov 2020, virtual meeting)
- Webinar on Responsible and prudent antimicrobial use (AMU) in aquatic animals (16 Nov 2020, virtual meeting)
- Communication skills for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Asia and the Pacific (16 Sep 2020, virtual meeting)
- Review implementation of action plans on combatting antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in animal sectors in East Asia (8 Jul 2020, virtual meeting)
- Webinar on the database on antimicrobial agents intended for use in animals (31 Mar – 2 Apr 2020, virtual meeting)
- Regional Seminar for OIE National Focal Points for Veterinary Products (6th Cycle)(14-16 Jan 2020, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
- 8th Asia-Pacific Workshop on Multi-Sectoral Collaboration (Regional Tripartite) (9-11 Apr 2019, Bangkok, Thailand)
- OIE Sub-Regional Conference on AMR related Research and Information (7 Mar 2019, Bangkok, Thailand)
- Regional Meeting on AMR Control in Animals during the OIE 2nd Global Conference on AMR (31 Oct 2018, Marrakesh, Morocco)
- Regional Workshop for OIE National Focal Points for Veterinary Products (20-22 Mar 2018, Bangkok, Thailand)
Veterinary services should mainstream antimicrobial stewardship as one of its core activities to combat AMR for which the OIE can provide necessary support.
In-country/national AMR/AMU activities organised by WOAH RR and SRR since 2018
1. In-country workshops on monitoring the quantities and usage patterns of antimicrobial agents used in animals
- [2023] – Cambodia
- [2021] – India
- [2020] – Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan
- [2019] – Bangladesh, Bhutan, Mongolia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Viet Nam
- [2018] – Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Philippines
2. Seminars on containment of AMR for the Veterinary Education Establishments and Veterinary Statutory Bodies
- [2020] – Indonesia, Malaysia
- [2019] – Bangladesh, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka
- [2018] – Cambodia, Lao PDR, Viet Nam
3. Seminars on containment of AMR in the livestock and aquaculture industries
- [2019] – Bhutan, Philippines
- [2018] – Cambodia, Myanmar, Lao PDR, Viet Nam
4. Reviewing implementation of National Action Plans on AMR in the livestock and aquaculture sector
- [2019] – Myanmar, Viet Nam
- [2018] – Myanmar
