Chennai Declaration

a. Antibiotic resistance

b. Environmental Pollution

c. Hazardous Wastes

d. Reservation of seats in private jobs

 

• The ‘Chennai Declaration’ created awareness among the medical fraternity about the need to control antibiotic usage.
• A Roadmap to Tackle the Challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance – Joint meeting of Medical Societies in India, 2012, was the first ever meeting of medical societies in the country on the AMR issue.
• The aim was to formulate implementable recommendations to tackle antimicrobial resistance in India. The Road map meeting led to creation of the document -“The Chennai declaration”.
• The declaration is based on the theme of “a practical but not a perfect policy” and step-by-step implementation of various components in a developing country.
• Some major recommendations made in the Declaration include -

1. Formulation of an effective national policy to control the rising trend of antimicrobial resistance,
2. A ban on the over-the-counter sale of antibiotics, and
3. Changes in the medical education curriculum to include training on antibiotic usage and infection control.
4. Setting up of a National Task Force to guide and supervise the regional and State infection control committees.

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