Antimicrobial resistance poses serious consequences: Nadda
Tokyo: Antimicrobial resistance is not only a health issue but a challenge which also has "serious" economic consequences, Health Minister J P Nadda said as he underlined the need to regulate the availability of drugs to tackle it.
Antibiotics resistance and failure to tackle infections "undermine" advancements that have been made in surgery and medicine, said Nadda, while delivering the ministerial address at the Asian Health Ministers' meeting on Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) here.
AMR is resistance of a microbe to an antimicrobial medication that used to be effective in treating or preventing an infection caused by it.
"Tackling AMR requires rational use of drugs, regulating their availability and sale. AMR is not just a health issue; it is a development challenge and has serious economic consequences.
"Antibiotics resistance and failure to tackle infections undermine advancements in surgery and medicine," Nadda said in a series of tweets.
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