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How India Can Nip the Looming Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance in the Bud

This article was originally published in Economic Times on September 11, 2022.

Synopsis

The National Action Plan on AMR and the Andhra Pradesh’s State Action Plan have also called for stringent limits for antibiotic residues from farms, healthcare facilities, factories and pharma manufacturing units. However, in the absence of strict limits for antibiotic residues, several cases of antibiotic pollution in rivers of pharma hubs like Telangana and Himachal Pradesh have been reported.

 

date 11/09/2022
Author Steve Brooks