Workshop on Development and Implementation of State Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance
Date: June 10-11, 2019
Date: June 10-11, 2019
Rajeev Sadanandan, Addl Chief Secretary, Health &Family Welfare,Kerala
Chandra Bhushan, DDG, CSE
CSE’s AMR programme is now making inroads in Africa by collaborating with the Ministry of Health,
CSE is collaborating with the Department of Health and Family Welfare Kerala on the development and implementation of Kerala’s State Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance.
Just a few days after a study by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), which exposed the double standards
CSE has been a member of core working group that developed India’s National Action Plan on AMR.
The Food Safety and Toxins (FST) programme team at CSE leads the AMR campaign and has been focusing on the animal and environmental aspects of AMR since 2009. Centered on the laboratory studies, the programme team complements with field studies and works towards necessary change in policy, practice and systems across relevant sectors such as food, feed, drug and environment. It has been part of the NAP-AMR development process and was successful in bringing necessary focus on the animal and environment aspects. CSE is now a stakeholder in NAP-AMR implementation and is working with the state of Kerala to support its action plan.