Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
AMR FAQS
(Stock Photo) Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is a growing threat to the effective treatment of an ever-increasing range of infections caused by bacteria, parasites, viruses and fungi. The Ministry of Health and Wellness wants to keep you informed about AMR. Please see...
Prime Minister: AMR Response Should Be Part Of Plans
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley. (FP) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley wants to see the response to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) incorporated in future pandemic response and preparedness plans. Speaking virtually at the 88th General Session of the World Organisation...
Prime Minister Meets With Canada’s High Commissioner
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley in discussion with Canada’s new High Commissioner to Barbados, Lilian Chatterjee, yesterday. (S. Maughan/BGIS) Issues relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as small island states and their vulnerabilities, were discussed when Prime...
Call For Global Leaders To Champion AMR Fight
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley. (FP) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has called on all global leaders to be champions in the fight against Antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Ms. Mottley, who co-chairs the Global Leaders Group on AMR, made the call today as she virtually...
PM Mottley: Moral & Ethical Global Leadership Needed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSqPCsLiMQ0 Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley - Global launch event of the 2020 Human Development Report (HDR). (PMO) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has reiterated that moral and ethical global leadership is most urgently needed, which...
Prime Minister Mottley’s Concerns About Blacklisting
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley making a point to the new Ambassador of the European Union, Malgorzata Wasilewska, during a courtesy call at the Wildey Gymnasium. (B. Hinds/BGIS) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has again expressed concern with the European Union’s...
Webinar On Antimicrobial Resistance
(Stock Photo) Members of the public are invited to a webinar on Monday, November 23, at 9:00 a.m. entitled: The Importance of Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance. To register, persons may click here. The online event is being held as part of World Antimicrobial...
PM To Co-Chair Antimicrobial Resistance Group
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley. (FP) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has been appointed to co-chair the One Health Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), along with Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina. The...
Barbadian Veterinary Officers Receive AMR Training
Veterinary Laboratory Technologist, Kerrilyn Pilgrim (left) and Senior Animal Health Assistant, Bryan Sanford (second left) listen attentively during a training session at the Argentine Food Safety and Quality Service Agency in Buenos Aires. (FP) Two veterinary...