Kenya’s MPTF project “Preventive Approaches to Containment of AMR” aims to strengthen biosecurity and infection prevention control mechanisms, monitor antimicrobial consumption and improve stewardship, as well as implement awareness raising and educational activities targeting key stakeholder groups as well as the public. The MPTF project is anchored in the global AMR Tripartite collaboration between FAO, OIE and WHO, and the planned activities are closely aligned with the AMR National Action Plan for Kenya.

The AMR MPTF project implementation team in Kenya comprises of the members from the WHO and FAO country offices, OIE Sub-regional Representation for Eastern Africa and Horn of Africa office, the Ministry of Health as well as the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. First activities were initiated in January 2021; the project is set to conclude after 24 months by December 2022.