"Chennai Declaration": 5-year plan to tackle the challenge of anti-microbial resistance

Abstract

While formulating the five -year plan, we have studied similar documents prepared by UK Department of Health and American CDC Contributors list Abdul Ghafur, Co-ordinator, Chennai Declaration and Antibiotic Stewardship Committee Chairperson, CIDS (Clinical Infectious Diseases Society); Dilip Mathai, Past President CIDS; A Muruganathan, Past President, Association of Physicians of India (API; representative to the Roadmap meeting); OC Abraham, Former Secretary, CIDS; Narendra Saini, Secretary General IMA (Indian medical Association); Jayalal J A, IMA state secretary, Tamilnadu and IMA representative to the Road map meeting; Rama Kant, Past president, Association of Surgeons of India and ASI representative to the Roadmap meeting; Dhruv Chaudhary, Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM) representative to the Road map meeting; Kumar Prabhash, Indian Society of Medical and Paediatric Oncology representative to the Roadmap meeting (ISMPO);Ram Gopalakrishnan, President, CIDS; Ramasubramanian V, Past Treasurer, CIDS; Rajendrasing Pardeshi, FOGSI (Federation of Obstetrician and Gynecology Society of India) representative to the Roadmap meeting; Arti Kapil, IAMM (Indian Association of Medical microbiology) representative to the Roadmap meeting; Gill JPS, Director, School of Public Health and Zoonoses, GADVASU; Sanjeev Singh, NABH (National Accreditation Board of Hospitals) representative to the Roadmap meeting; Todi S: