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Sierra Leone: Project Highlights - OSRO/SIL/002/UK

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 2 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Synopsis (short abstract) The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, through the Fleming Fund of the Department of Health and Social Care, contributed USD 1 187 712 to FAO’s project entitled “Governance and surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Sierra Leone”. The project’s objective was to strengthen national capacities in AMR surveillance and governance in the animal health sector using a One Health approach in order to reduce the threat and impact of AMR. The project supported the establishment of the national technical working group on AMR, as well as the development of the National Action Plan on AMR and the National AMR Surveillance Strategy for Animal Health. The project strengthened the country’s capacity to generate the AMR data, enabled AMR information dissemination across sectors and established the foundations for AMR and antimicrobial use surveillance in the animal health sector in Sierra Leone.

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