AIM AND OBJECTIVES
Aim
To establish the Integrated Antimicrobial Stewardship (IAS) Practices in India
Objectives
- To share knowledge about integrated antimicrobial stewardship (IAS) practices in India.
- To learn skills to various healthcare cadres for enabling IAS practices in their own working areas.
- To promote research and innovations in various health sectors for better health-related outcomes by employing IAS practices along with standard of care.
- To aware national benchmarks on key indicators of the IAS.
- To update regularly guidelines/guidance documents on the same in collaboration with pertinent societies with a one-health approach to central and state Governments of India on issues and plans for achieving targets of IAS.
INTRODUCTION
In this learning journey total of four courses included which offer different learning materials.
The mission of the courses is simple i.e. to practice antimicrobial stewardship for a safe and healthy society. We are guided by values imbibed in scientific methods, cultural sensibilities, diversity, and cooperation. One Health approach, which finds reverberations in ‘Vasudeva Kutumbakum’ is our approach to activities. We aim to cooperate and work with diverse groups towards handling Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).
Details of courses are given below.