The threat posed by antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to public health as well as global health security has been reiterated in umerous World Health Assembly (WHA) resolutions. AMR is also prioritized under the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA), and India is one of the contributing countries. The Mi...nistry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) identified AMR as one of the top 10 priorities for the ministry’s collaborative work with WHO. The National Health Policy 2017 identifies antimicrobial resistance as a problem and calls for effective action to address it. An international conference on AMR – “Combating Antimicrobial Resistance: A
Public Health Challenge and Priority”, was jointly organized by the Government of India and World Health Organization (WHO) in February 2016, which was attended by more than 350 participants. The Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, and the Hon’ble Union Minister for Health, Shri J.P. Nadda have reiterated government’s commitment to tackle AMR.
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                                                                Reach the Unreached - FIND, TREAT, CURE TB, SAVE LIVES
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                The overall goal of the programme, to reduce the malaria morbidity and mortality by 75% (using 2012 as baseline) by the year 2020, continued to be pursued in 2014. The following areas were identified as some of the priorities for the year: Malaria Case Management under which we have Malaria in Pregn...ancy (MIP), Home Based Care and Diagnostics. 
 
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                                                                Report of a mission 20–24 April 2015
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS AND LEPROSY PROGRAMME
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                Revised National TB Control Programme. Annual Status Report