AMMAN —
Minister of Environment Muawiya Radaideh on Wednesday discussed with Assistant
Director-General for Antimicrobial Resistance at the World Health Organization
(WHO) Dr. Hanan Balkhi and her accompanying delegation support to the National
Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (NAP-AMR).
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Discussions, in
the presence of WHO representative in Amman, Dr. Jamila Al-Rabi, tackled ways
to enhance joint cooperation on the comprehensive AMR-related 2022-2023 action
plan, and identify priority areas for targeted support, according to a ministry
statement carried by the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
Radaideh stressed the importance of developing
Jordan’s environmental sector and strengthening its capability to address
antimicrobial resistance challenges.
Stressing the
importance of launching special and intensive awareness-raising programs on the
dangers of antimicrobials excessive use, Radaideh referred to joint efforts by
competent and concerned authorities, specifically with regard to the process of
using and circulating these substances.
Balkhi, for her
part, pointed to the importance of Jordan’s role and its ratification of the
National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (NAP-AMR), as the fourth
country in the Eastern Mediterranean Region to have ratified the initiative.
Jordan, Balkhi noted, is
one of the seven countries that benefit from WHO’s technical support to
implement the NAP-AMR locally.
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