--Indian government banned the manufacture, sale and use of colistin in the poultry industry.
--Colistin is considered the last-resort medicine to treat a person with life-threatening infection
--SLOW= Availability of a new antibiotic takes 10-12 years and an investment of $1 billion
--Globally, use of antibiotics in animals is expected to increase by 67% by 2030 from 2010 levels.
--inter-country development agencies (WHO, FAO, and World Organisation for Animal Health) developed a Global Action Plan on AMR.
>>India developed its National Action Plan on AMR (NAP) in 2017. It is based on the One Health approach,
>>which means that human health, animal health and the environment sectors have equal responsibilities and strategic actions in combating AMR.
--health of humans and animals falls in the domain of State authorities, and this adds complexity to the nationwide response.
-- The magnitude of the problem in India remains unknown.
--The FAO has assisted India in forging the Indian Network for Fishery and Animals Antimicrobial Resistance for the generation of reliable data
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