{"id":276672,"date":"2024-01-06T18:52:21","date_gmt":"2024-01-06T13:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=276672"},"modified":"2024-01-06T18:52:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T13:22:21","slug":"on-antimicrobial-resistance-amr-drug-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/on-antimicrobial-resistance-amr-drug-war\/","title":{"rendered":"On Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) – Drug war"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source:<\/strong> This post on Antimicrobial Resistance has been created based on the article \u201cDrug war\u201d<\/strong> published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d<\/strong> on 6th <\/sup>January 2024.<\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus Topic: <\/strong>GS Paper 2 Social Justice – Issues relating to Health.<\/p>\n

News:<\/strong> The article discusses the causes for the rise in Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).<\/p>\n

A detailed article on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)<\/strong> can be read here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Background<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

According to a study by the Health Ministry:<\/p>\n

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  1. Over 70% of the patients in tertiary-care hospitals were prescribed antibiotics. Of this, over 50% <\/strong>of antibiotics prescribed have the potential to cause AMR<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  2. 55% <\/strong>of the patients were prescribed antibiotics as prophylaxis<\/strong>, or as a preventive.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    What according to the author is causing a rise in AMR?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    According to the author, due to a rise in the prophylactic use of antibiotics (a prophylactic is a medication, or a treatment used to prevent a disease from occurring<\/strong>), antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is becoming deadlier.<\/p>\n

    What is AMR?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    AMR occurs when pathogens evolve, fortifying themselves against drugs, and stop responding to antimicrobial drugs. This crisis is increasing due to unsound medical, and animal husbandry practices.<\/p>\n

    According to WHO<\/strong>, bacterial AMR was directly responsible for 1.27 million global deaths in 2019<\/strong> and contributed to 4.95 million deaths<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    What are the implications of rising AMR?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    According to the WHO, it invalidates the multiple gains that modern medicine has achieved over years in the following manner:<\/p>\n

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    1. It makes infections harder to treat.<\/li>\n
    2. It also makes performing other medical procedures and treatments such as surgery, caesarean sections and cancer chemotherapy much riskier.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      What steps should be taken?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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      1. Rational prescription of antibiotics<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
      2. Curbs on the use of drugs to promote growth in animals and plants<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
      3. Antibiotic research and development: <\/strong>urgent measures are required to develop new drug candidates.<\/li>\n
      4. Equitable access <\/strong>to these new drugs.<\/li>\n
      5. Role of doctors and the government:<\/strong> Their role in regulating use of drugs is crucial.<\/li>\n
      6. Role of Patients:<\/strong> They are impatient with the medical process, expecting immediate relief to ailments. This leads to unhealthy antibiotic usage.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Question for practice:<\/strong><\/p>\n

        What is Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)? What are the various reasons behind a rise in AMR?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Source: This post on Antimicrobial Resistance has been created based on the article \u201cDrug war\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 6th January 2024. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2 Social Justice – Issues relating to Health. News: The article discusses the causes for the rise in Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). A detailed article on Antimicrobial Resistance… Continue reading On Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) – Drug war<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9,163],"tags":[212,232,10498],"class_list":["post-276672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","category-social-justice","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-social-justice","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":17,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704578462},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276672\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}