islamabad

March 4, 2017

Draft action plan prepared to combat antimicrobial resistance

Islamabad The first draft of the National Action Plan to combat Antimicrobial Resistance was prepared at the close of a five-day consultative workshop that ended here Friday, with over 75 technical experts representing health, agriculture, livestock, environment, academia, the armed forces and the private sector in attendance. AMR is a significant public health problem leading to significant morbidity and mortality. The emergence and spread of resistance among the bacteria is a complex...