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Operation AMRITH

  • 19 Jan 2024
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Kerala's Drug Control Department has initiated Operation AMRITH to curb antibiotic overuse.

  • Under this initiative, pharmacies must keep accurate antibiotic sales records and must display a poster mentioning ‘antibiotics not sold without doctor’s prescription’.
    • The public can also report non-compliance of this measure to the Drug Control Department.
  • In 2018, Kerala became the inaugural Indian state to introduce the KARSAP state action plan on AMR, aligning with India’s National Action Plan. The Kerala government has implemented various similar initiatives:
    • Antibiotic Literate Kerala Campaign
    • Establishment of block-level AMR Committees in all 191 blocks
    • Kerala Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (KARS-NET)
    • Inauguration of an AMR laboratory by Kerala State Pollution Control Board
    • Programme on Removal of Unused Drugs (PROUD) for proper disposal of unused antibiotics

Read more: Antimicrobial Resistance

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