India's National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance: a critical perspective

ABSTRACT: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is widely recognised as a global health threat, which is projected to account for more deaths than cancer by 2050. The Government of India has formulated a National Action Plan to tackle AMR (NAP-AMR), largely modelled on the World Health Organization's...

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Autores principales:	M. Nair, M.P. Zeegers, G.M. Varghese, S. Burza
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Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	Antimicrobial resistance India Policy National action plan Microbiology QR1-502
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:bd7c1e87262143dd91033cb492e017d22021-11-06T04:28:33ZIndia's National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance: a critical perspective2213-716510.1016/j.jgar.2021.10.007https://doaj.org/article/bd7c1e87262143dd91033cb492e017d22021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213716521002228https://doaj.org/toc/2213-7165ABSTRACT: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is widely recognised as a global health threat, which is projected to account for more deaths than cancer by 2050. The Government of India has formulated a National Action Plan to tackle AMR (NAP-AMR), largely modelled on the World Health Organization's Global Action Plan on AMR. While the NAP-AMR successfully mirrors the Global Action Plan and lays out ambitious goals, we find that the lack of financial allocation across states, poor enforcement and inadequate multisectoral co-ordination have hampered progress. A broader focus on improving infrastructure for water and sanitation, linking the issue of AMR to existing vertical health programmes for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB), prioritising infection prevention and control, strengthening the frontline healthcare workforce in rural and peri-urban settings to reduce reliance on antibiotics, leveraging point-of-care testing and mobile app-based health interventions for diagnosis and surveillance, and adopting a socioecological approach to health and development would help to create an enabling environment for concrete action on AMR in India.M. NairM.P. ZeegersG.M. VargheseS. BurzaElsevierarticleAntimicrobial resistanceIndiaPolicyNational action planMicrobiologyQR1-502ENJournal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, Vol 27, Iss , Pp 236-238 (2021)
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description	ABSTRACT: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is widely recognised as a global health threat, which is projected to account for more deaths than cancer by 2050. The Government of India has formulated a National Action Plan to tackle AMR (NAP-AMR), largely modelled on the World Health Organization's Global Action Plan on AMR. While the NAP-AMR successfully mirrors the Global Action Plan and lays out ambitious goals, we find that the lack of financial allocation across states, poor enforcement and inadequate multisectoral co-ordination have hampered progress. A broader focus on improving infrastructure for water and sanitation, linking the issue of AMR to existing vertical health programmes for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB), prioritising infection prevention and control, strengthening the frontline healthcare workforce in rural and peri-urban settings to reduce reliance on antibiotics, leveraging point-of-care testing and mobile app-based health interventions for diagnosis and surveillance, and adopting a socioecological approach to health and development would help to create an enabling environment for concrete action on AMR in India.
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title	India's National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance: a critical perspective
title_short	India's National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance: a critical perspective
title_full	India's National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance: a critical perspective
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India's National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance: a critical perspective

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