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SUT Academy of Medical Sciences, Vattapara, Trivandrum is organising a one-day program on 24th November 2021 which will include Quiz program and Poster presentation by MBBS students of 2017,2018 & 2019 batches, during the World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, 2021 (November 18-24, 2021). According to the 2021 theme, Spread Awareness, Stop Resistance, SUTAMS faculty and students have decided to be AMR Awareness champions. As a part of spreading awareness pamphlets in local language was distributed to patients during this week regarding how to take antibiotics correctly, antibiotic resistance, the dangers of misuse and preventing infections by vaccination, hand washing, safer sex, and covering nose and mouth when sneezing.


Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is a global public health threat today, and one that has been recognised as a silent pandemic. Antimicrobials – including antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals and antiparasitics – are medicines used to prevent and treat infections in humans, animals and plants. AMR is one of the biggest threats to global health, food security, and development today. It can affect anyone, of any age, in any country. AMR occurs naturally, but misuse of antibiotics in humans and animals is accelerating the process. A growing number of infections – such as pneumonia, tuberculosis, gonorrhoea, and salmonellosis – are becoming harder to treat as the antibiotics used to treat them become less effective. AMR leads to longer hospital stays, higher medical costs and increased mortality. WHO has declared that AMR is one of the top 10 global public health threats facing humanity. Misuse and overuse of antimicrobials are the main drivers in the development of drug-resistant pathogens. AMR accelerates due to the misuse and overuse of antimicrobials not only in human health but also in animal health, food-animal production and crop production. In addition, environment plays a significant role: waste from farms, factories, community and healthcare settings contributing to the emergence and spread of AMR through environmental routes. Lack of clean water and sanitation and inadequate infection prevention and control promotes the spread of microbes, some of which can be resistant to antimicrobial treatment. The cost of AMR to the economy is significant. Without effective antimicrobials, the success of modern medicine in treating infections, including during major surgery and cancer chemotherapy, would be at increased risk.