Assessing India's strategy to combat antimicrobial resistance
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Global College of Pharmaceutical Technology, Nadia, India-741102.
2 Undergraduate student, Global College of Pharmaceutical Technology, Nadia, India-741102.
Review Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2022, 16(02), 364–368
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2022.16.2.1170
Publication history:
Received on 02 October 2022; revised on 08 November 2022; accepted on 10 November 2022
Abstract:
It is projected that by the year 2050, AMR will cause more fatalities than cancer does globally. Antimicrobial resistance is a growing problem worldwide, and the Indian government has responded by creating a National Action Plan to tackle AMR (NAP-AMR), which is largely based on the World Health Organization's Global Action Plan on AMR. We find that although the NAP-AMR effectively matches the Global Action Plan and outlines ambitious objectives, a lack of budgetary allocation across states, inadequate enforcement, and insufficient multi-sectoral coordination have stymied progress. Reducing the overuse of antibiotics necessitates several measures, including expanding efforts to improve water and sanitation infrastructure, tying the problem of AMR into existing vertical health programs for HIV and TB, giving top priority to infection prevention and control, fortifying the frontline healthcare workforce in rural and peri-urban settings, and utilizing point-of-care testing and mobile app-based health interventions for diagnosis.
Keywords:
Antimicrobial resistance; India; Policy; National action plan
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