Editing Antimicrobial resistance (section)

==== Antibiotic Awareness Week ====
The World Health Organization has promoted the first World Antibiotic Awareness Week running from 16 to 22 November 2015. The aim of the week is to increase global awareness of antibiotic resistance. It also wants to promote the correct usage of antibiotics across all fields in order to prevent further instances of antibiotic resistance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/2015/world-antibiotic-awareness-week/event/en/|title=World Antibiotic Awareness Week|website=World Health Organization|access-date=20 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120222039/http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/2015/world-antibiotic-awareness-week/event/en/|archive-date=20 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

World Antibiotic Awareness Week has been held every November since 2015. For 2017, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the [[World Organisation for Animal Health]] (OIE) are together calling for responsible use of antibiotics in humans and animals to reduce the emergence of antibiotic resistance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-antibiotic-awareness-week/2017/launch-event/en/|title=World Antibiotic Awareness Week|website=WHO|access-date=14 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113074006/http://www.who.int/campaigns/world-antibiotic-awareness-week/2017/launch-event/en/|archive-date=13 November 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

'''United Nations'''

In 2016 the Secretary-General of the [[United Nations]] convened the Interagency Coordination Group (IACG) on Antimicrobial Resistance.<ref name="WHO_2">{{cite web|url=https://www.who.int/antimicrobial-resistance/interagency-coordination-group/en/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320110535/http://www.who.int/antimicrobial-resistance/interagency-coordination-group/en/|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 March 2017|title=WHO {{!}} UN Interagency Coordination Group (IACG) on Antimicrobial Resistance|website=WHO|access-date=7 August 2019}}</ref> The IACG worked with international organizations and experts in human, animal, and plant health to create a plan to fight antimicrobial resistance.<ref name="WHO_2" /> Their report released in April 2019 highlights the seriousness of antimicrobial resistance and the threat it poses to world health. It suggests five recommendations for member states to follow in order to tackle this increasing threat. The IACG recommendations are as follows:<ref>{{cite report |url=https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/documents/no-time-to-wait-securing-the-future-from-drug-resistant-infections-en.pdf |title=No Time to Wait: Securing the Future from Drug-Resistant Infections |last=Interagency Coordination Group (IACG) |date=April 2019 |access-date=2023-04-19 |archive-date=19 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419181246/https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/documents/no-time-to-wait-securing-the-future-from-drug-resistant-infections-en.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
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