Australia’s Animal Sector Antimicrobial Resistance Action Plan 2023 to 2028 (Action Plan) aligns with the 7 objectives of Australia’s National Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy – 2020 and Beyond (the 2020 Strategy) and the priority activities of the One Health Master Action Plan for Australia’s National Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy 2020 & Beyond (OHMAP). It provides Australia’s animal health and animal industry sectors with agreed priority activities for the terrestrial and aquatic animal sectors to implement the 2020 Strategy.
Australia’s Animal Sector AMR Action Plan 2023 to 2028
Developed by the animal sector for the animal sector, the Action Plan includes a number of OHMAP priority activities and builds on the animal sector’s already extensive work to address AMR.
The animal sectors included in the plan comprise: terrestrial and aquatic food- and fibre-producing animals, companion animals (including performance animals), zoological collections, laboratory animals and wildlife treated with antimicrobials.
For more information on Australia’s Animal Sector Antimicrobial Resistance Action Plan 2023 to 2028 please contact: amr@aff.gov.au.
Webinar
On 25 October 2023 the department held a webinar launching Australia’s Animal Sector Antimicrobial Resistance Action Plan 2023 to 2028.
The webinar featured Samantha Ellis, Kylie Hewson, Sam Abrahams, Jane Heller and James Gilkerson discussing the plan and work already being done to prevent antimicrobial resistance (AMR). If you missed it, you can watch the recording of the webinar below.