The Chennai Declaration: India's landmark national commitment to antibiotic stewardship demonstrates that 'truth alone triumphs' | Zendy

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The Chennai Declaration: India's landmark national commitment to antibiotic stewardship demonstrates that 'truth alone triumphs'

Author(s) -

Alison Holmes,

Mike Sharland

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkt062

Subject(s) - declaration , stewardship (theology) , antimicrobial stewardship , antibiotic stewardship , action plan , christian ministry , political science , plan (archaeology) , public administration , antibiotic resistance , medicine , management , antibiotics , geography , law , microbiology and biotechnology , archaeology , politics , economics , biology

A joint meeting of the medical societies in India took place in Chennai in August 2012, giving rise to national recommendations and an action plan to address the challenge of antimicrobial resistance in India. The 'Chennai Declaration', published in November 2012, has a pragmatic achievable plan and represents a bold national commitment to antibiotic stewardship and infection control across India. The global importance of implementing such an antibiotic policy as a national strategy needs to be recognized and supported internationally.

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