NIPAR has been dealing with the other less obvious but potentially far more devastating problem of antimicrobial resistance in Nepal.
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) means the phenomenon with which the infections by microbes(Bacteria, fungi, viruses) stop responding to the drugs to which they once responded. In other words, the infections can no longer be cured using the same agents that used to be effective earlier.
The combination of lack of awareness among the people and even a large part of practicing health workers and depressingly slow rate of discovery of new antimicrobial agents is increasingly pushing us towards what can be termed as 'post-antibiotic era' where people have to die of simple infections that used to be easily treatable earlier.
Sudden emergence of Ebola infection as global threat has suddenly overshadowed these issues but they can be forgotten only at our own peril.
While a handful of doctors in Nepal have been engaged with the NIPAR initiative currently, the vision is to expand it so that the awareness can be created at the community with the help of other concerned citizens.
To broaden the scope of the movement, I have proposed this new entity 'Citizens for Infection Control' which can raise awareness about other far-fetched issue in the field of public health focusing on infectious diseases. With NIPAR site already up and running, both the sites will now act as the complementary of each other. While articles related to AMR will be carried by NIPAR site, all other articles related to infectious diseases and their public health implications will be carried here.
If you want to join this effort on either of the two complementary fields, you are welcome. You can mail me elaborating how exactly you are likely to contribute to the cause.
Dr. Jiwan Kshetry
jiwan.kshetri@gmail.com
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) means the phenomenon with which the infections by microbes(Bacteria, fungi, viruses) stop responding to the drugs to which they once responded. In other words, the infections can no longer be cured using the same agents that used to be effective earlier.
The combination of lack of awareness among the people and even a large part of practicing health workers and depressingly slow rate of discovery of new antimicrobial agents is increasingly pushing us towards what can be termed as 'post-antibiotic era' where people have to die of simple infections that used to be easily treatable earlier.
Sudden emergence of Ebola infection as global threat has suddenly overshadowed these issues but they can be forgotten only at our own peril.
While a handful of doctors in Nepal have been engaged with the NIPAR initiative currently, the vision is to expand it so that the awareness can be created at the community with the help of other concerned citizens.
To broaden the scope of the movement, I have proposed this new entity 'Citizens for Infection Control' which can raise awareness about other far-fetched issue in the field of public health focusing on infectious diseases. With NIPAR site already up and running, both the sites will now act as the complementary of each other. While articles related to AMR will be carried by NIPAR site, all other articles related to infectious diseases and their public health implications will be carried here.
If you want to join this effort on either of the two complementary fields, you are welcome. You can mail me elaborating how exactly you are likely to contribute to the cause.
Dr. Jiwan Kshetry
jiwan.kshetri@gmail.com
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