About Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR):

About Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR):

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites evolve to resist the effects of antimicrobial drugs (e.g., antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals, and antiparasitics). This reduces the efficacy of these drugs, making infections harder to treat and increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness, and death.

Issues

❖ Economist Jim O’Neil estimated 10 million annual deaths due to AMR by 2050

❖ Early efforts to address AMR were hampered by inadequate data, especially in

resource-poor settings.

Efforts and Initiatives

❖ 2015 Global Action Plan – WHO → reduce the incidence of AMR by improving

awareness and understanding about AMR, optimisation of antimicrobial usage and

initiating effective sanitation and hygiene.

❖ 2016 UN Resolution on AMR – Reduce death by 10 percent annualy by 2030, $ 100

Million funding support

❖ WHO’s GLASS (Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System)

India:

❖ National Essential Diagnostics List mandates microbiology labs in all district hospitals

❖ Redline

What to do?

❖ Strengthen National Action Plan (NAP) Implementation

❖ Invest in R&D

❖ Sustain Financial Commitments

❖ Promote Infection Control