GENEVA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- UN agencies announced on Friday to launch a group of global leaders for preserving antimicrobial medicines and averting the disastrous consequences of antimicrobial resistance.
The initiative was announced by the heads of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Organization for Animal Health, and the World Health Organization (WHO). Members of the group include heads of government, government ministers, leaders from the private sector and civil society, with the prime ministers of Barbados and Bangladesh as its co-chairs.