Current Affairs - State - Discussion

The health minister of Madhya Pradesh,Tulsi Ram Silawat released Madhya Pradesh Action Plan for Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance( MP-SAPCAR) in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. This action plan is preceded by Kerala which was the first state to develop an action plan to manage AMR(antimicrobial resistance). AMR is considered to be a public health threat according to the World Health Organisation(WHO). The AMR turns out to be a threat ,when antibiotics are misused in animals humans and aquaculture. The AMR is expected to cause 10million deaths of people by 2050 causing global economic losses if not controlled in a timely bound manner.