World AMR Awareness Week takes place from November 18 to 24, 2025. It is an annual global campaign to improve awareness and understanding of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). This week aims to encourage best practices among the public, healthcare workers, animal health professionals, environmentalists, farmers, policymakers, the youth, civil society and media, who play a critical role in reducing the further emergence and spread of drug-resistant pathogens.
"Act Now: Protect Our Present, Secure Our Future"
This year’s theme underscores the urgent need for bold, coordinated, cross-sectoral action to address AMR, a growing global threat that is already affecting our health, food systems, environment and economies. AMR is not a distant challenge; it is a present danger that demands immediate, sustained action. Drug-resistant infections are increasing, yet awareness, financing, investment and action remain insufficient.
Learn more about World AMR Awareness Week here.
What is AHC doing in this space?
1. AMRAction
2. The AMR/AMU Leadership Group. The leadership team was created to support implementation of the Pan-Canadian Action Plan for AMR in animal health. It was to provide strategic guidance in the agri-food and animal health sectors by leading and coordinating activities in relation to responsible antimicrobial use (AMU) and minimizing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) challenges for sustainable animal health and welfare in the Canadian context. Is this still correct? Any updates on their work?
3. CAHSS: Data platform and/or network group. Please provide some info
I will want to reframe the objective of the AMU/AMR Leadership Team. It is not there to support the implementation of the FPT Pan Canadian Action Plan on AMR. This may be an outcome of the work, but it is not the overriding objective.
For consideration, an objective around supporting a one Health approach to Amr/au solutions that takes into account human animal and environmental challenges and solutions. The suggestion comes out of the webinar I went to last week and science approach to amr.
Among other topics we could consider:
• AHC's existence as a means to collaboratively improve animal health and welfare and reduce the need for antimicrobials
• AHC's strategic plan, the call out to AMR/AU and enhanced biosecurity across the supply chain
• Examples of good work underway by our members:
o AHC's primary producer members are all active in this space.
o The level of research being undertaken through the science clusters to seek alternatives
o Others ???
• Amplifying the messages of our members and those of the PHAC. A good conversation for your communications team.