Global Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Development Hub – Antibiotic resistance
Part of: GS Prelims and GS-III- Health (S&T)
Antibiotic resistance is not a problem that can be solved by any one country or even one region. Since, we live in a connected world, where people, animals and food travel and microbes travel with them, a global action is essential to make progress in the long run. Increasing public awareness and understanding is therefore the most crucial pillar
Global Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Development Hub – Antibiotic resistance
Part of: GS Prelims and GS-III- Health (S&T)
Antibiotic resistance is not a problem that can be solved by any one country or even one region. Since, we live in a connected world, where people, animals and food travel and microbes travel with them, a global action is essential to make progress in the long run. Increasing public awareness and understanding is therefore the most crucial pillar
Antibiotic resistance analysis (RS TV)
GS-PAPER-3 Health (PT-MAINS)
Antibiotics are life saving medicines. But these very same medicines can threaten our lives, if used indiscriminately. Already, seven lakh people around the world die due to drug-resistant diseases each year. And if no radical changes are made, these drug-resistant diseases could kill 10 million people a year by 2050.
Antibiotics
An antibiotic is a type of antimicrobial substance active against bac
Antibiotic Use in Dairy Sector
GS-PAPER-3 Health (Mains)
Recently, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) held an online meeting on antibiotic use in the dairy sector. The meeting was attended by experts from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (under the Ministry of Fisheries, An