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World Health Day 7 April 2011 Combat Antimicrobial Resistance Use Antibiotics Rationally

World Health Day (WHD). WHD Celebration every year 7 April since 1950 WHD each year selected key global health issue, highlight a priority area concern for Member States

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World Health Day 7 April 2011 Combat Antimicrobial Resistance Use Antibiotics Rationally

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    1. World Health Day 7 April 2011 Combat Antimicrobial Resistance Use Antibiotics Rationally Dr Y. V. Pradhan Director General, DHS

    2. World Health Day (WHD) WHD Celebration every year 7 April since 1950 WHD each year selected key global health issue, highlight a priority area concern for Member States & WHO WHD events launches on the day and longer-term advocacy programmes continue

    3. WHD 2011 World Health Day 2011 focus on: Combat Antimicrobial Resistance Use Antibiotics Rationally Event being organized Worldwide on 7 April 2011 and throughout the years

    4. Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)? AMR- Resistance of a Microorganism to Antimicrobial Medicine which was Sensitive Resistance Organisms: Bacteria, Viruses & Parasites Resistance Organisms: Able to withstand attack by Antimicrobial Medicines, Such as: Antibiotics, Antiviral and Antimalarials Standard treatments become ineffective and infections persist and may spread to others So Combat Antimicrobial Resistance Use Antibiotics Rationally

    5. Facts On Antimicrobial Resistance About 440,000 new cases MDR-TB Annually causing 150,000 deaths- Reported 64 countries Resistance to earliar generation Antimalarial medicines such as Chloroquine and Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine A high percentage of hospital-acquired infections are caused by highly resistant bacteria Resistance is an emerging concern for treatment of HIV infection AMR has become serious problem for treatment of gonorrhoea

    6. Strategy: Guiding Principles Understand the emergence and spread of resistance Rationalize the use of available antimicrobial agents Prevent emergence of resistance by reducing selection pressure by appropriate control measures Bring about a change in behavior of prescribers of antimicrobial agents and communities to ensure their rational use Combat antimicrobial resistance by promoting discovery, development and delivery of new drugs/tools Combat AMR through nationally coordinated efforts with defined functions by different sectors/programmes

    7. Goal To minimize the morbidity and mortality due to antimicrobial-resistant infection and to preserve the effectiveness of Antimicrobial agents in the treatment and prevention of microbial infections

    8. Objectives To establish a national alliance for prevention and control of antimicrobial resistance To institute a surveillance system that captures the emergence of resistance, trends in its spread and utilization of antimicrobial agents in different settings To promote rational use of antimicrobial agents at all levels of health care and veterinary settings To strengthen infection control measures to reduce the disease burden To support research to develop and/or improve use of antimicrobial agents

    9. WHO Calls To Policy-makers and Planners The Public and Patients Practitioners and prescribers Pharmacists and dispensers The pharmaceutical industries To act and take responsibility for Combating Antimicrobial/Drug Resistance No Action Today: No Cure Tomorrow

    10. Important Points to Convey Do not take Antibiotic if it can be avoided Do not buy Antibiotic over the pharmacy without valid prescription Do not visit unqualified Doctor Do not use medicines left over previous episode of illness Do not give medicines to another for seems to be similar illness Complete course of Rx

    11. Web Sight: WHD 2011 For more Information: WHO Web Sight www.who.int/world-health-day/2011 Thanks to All

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