AMR

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Context

• Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar has said, anti-microbial resistance, AMR, is a silent and invisible pandemic that cannot be overshadowed by other competing public health priorities.

What is antimicrobial resistance?

• Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change over time and no longer respond to medicines making infections harder to treat and increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness and death.
• As a result of drug resistance, antibiotics and other antimicrobial medicines become ineffective and infections become increasingly difficult or impossible to treat.

Must Read- Comprehensive Article on AMR : https://www.iasgyan.in/mind-map-current-issues/antimicrobial-resistance-amr

https://www.iasgyan.in/daily-current-affairs/global-research-on-antimicrobial-resistance-gram-report

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