Tackling AMR (anti-microbial resistance): One-health & basic research. Example from India

2 May 2025

Markus Seeger, UZH

Pr. Anjana Badrinarayanan, NCBS Bangalore Pr. Ranjana Pathania, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Dr. Dhanya Dharmapalan, Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai Pr. Adrian Egli, UZH Prof. Angela Huttner, UNIGE

AMR is now recognized as a public health threat by many governments and organisations, including like the World Health Organisation and the World Economic Forum. The climate crisis is expected to further exacerbate the AMR problem in equatorial regions in the coming years. While global problems require commensurate action plans on a global scale, India was one of the first countries to come up with a national AMR action plan in 2017. Following this lead, several states developed their state action plans, some of the instrumental people in this process are amongst us over the next three days. Because the implementation of action plans, dedicated policies or clear-cut governmental commitments often lags behind, fast-acting schemes and incentives aree also needed from the private sector to engage in AMR action plans, be it through development of new antimicrobial small molecules or other (atypical) approaches to mitigate the AMR problem, including improved AMR stewardship across sectors. The speakers will detail their contributions to AMR response plans in India, from one-health strategies to fundamental research at top Indian Universities in their quest to discover novel antbiotic targets.

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