{"id":278416,"date":"2024-01-17T20:25:20","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T14:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=278416"},"modified":"2024-01-17T20:25:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T14:55:20","slug":"operation-amrith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/operation-amrith\/","title":{"rendered":"OPERATION AMRITH\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why in the News?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Recently, Kerala government has launched operation \u2018AMRITH\u2019 to tackle anti-microbial resistance.<\/p>\n

AMRITH stands for Antimicrobial Resistance Intervention for Total Health.<\/p>\n

What is Operation AMRITH?<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n

Launched by-<\/strong> Kerala Drug Control Department to reduce the use of antibiotics.<\/p>\n

Objective-<\/strong> To conduct unexpected inspections at retail pharmacies to detect over-the-counter sales of antibiotics, without prescription.<\/p>\n

Pharmacies need to maintain accurate records of antibiotic sales and comply with prescription regulations. They should also display a poster which states, \u2018antibiotics not sold without doctor\u2019s prescription\u2019.<\/p>\n

Kerala\u2019s plan reflected a multi-sectoral approach, which is aligned with India\u2019s National Action Plan on AMR<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

What is Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR)?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

1) The ability of bacteria and other microbes to resist the drugs used to inhibit or kill them is known as AMR.<\/p>\n

2) It is considered\u00a0 as \u2018silent pandemic\u2019 which is responsible for 5 million deaths worldwide in 2019.<\/p>\n

Read more<\/span><\/b> – <\/span>Increasing Antimicrobial Resistance in India<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What are the Causes of AMR?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

1) Overuse of antibiotics.<\/p>\n

2) Lack of access to clean drinking water and sanitation facilities.<\/p>\n

3) Incomplete treatment as patients do not finish their course.<\/p>\n

4) Inadequate infection control mechanism in hospitals.<\/p>\n

What are the steps taken by the Indian government to control AMR?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

1) National Action Plan For AMR.<\/p>\n

2) Delhi Declaration on AMR<\/strong>\u00a0– It is an inter-ministerial consensus among various ministries to render their full support in AMR containment.<\/p>\n

3) Antibiotic Stewardship Program(AMSP)-<\/strong> Launched by\u00a0Indian Council Of Medical Reserch(ICMR) to prevent the overuse of antibiotics in hospital wards and ICUs.<\/p>\n

4) Ban on use of colistin as a growth promoter.<\/p>\n

5) Advancing concept of \u2018one health\u2019<\/strong> – This is an integrated and unifying approach to balance the health of people, animals and the environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Why in the News?\u00a0 Recently, Kerala government has launched operation \u2018AMRITH\u2019 to tackle anti-microbial resistance. AMRITH stands for Antimicrobial Resistance Intervention for Total Health. What is Operation AMRITH? Launched by- Kerala Drug Control Department to reduce the use of antibiotics. Objective- To conduct unexpected inspections at retail pharmacies to detect over-the-counter sales of antibiotics, without… Continue reading OPERATION AMRITH\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10308,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,956],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-278416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-schemes-and-programs","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278416","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\/10308"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278416\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}