Jaipur Declaration on Antimicrobial Resistance

Acknowledging the growing global importance of antimicrobial resistance, the Health Ministers of all Member States of the WHO South-East Asia Region adopted the “Jaipur Declaration on Antimicrobial Resistance”. The Declaration recognizes that it is imperative that the national governments accord utmost priority to this problem to preserve the efficacy of antibiotics in the fight against microbial diseases.

• Jaipur Declaration on Antimicrobial Resistance
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Regional workshop on monitoring of drug resistance

• Participants
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• Recommendations
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Combating burgeoning problem of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) requires a multi-sectoral and coordinated approach by the national alliance of key stakeholders with key elements enunciated in the WHO Regional Strategy on Prevention and Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance providing guidance for activities in country specific context.

• Regional Strategy on prevention and containment of antimicrobial resistance
• Recommendations
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• Participants
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A Regional Strategy for Prevention and Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance has been finalized by a group of experts who also gave a call to Member countries to adapt this strategy and rapidly scale-up the interventions detailed in it. The goal of the strategy is to reduce mortality and morbidity due to resistant organisms and to preserve efficacy of available antimicrobial agents as well as discovery of new drugs/interventions.

• Regional Strategy for Prevention and Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance
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• List of experts
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