AMA policy

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Hi

As we come to the end of the discussion on the declared deadline, I

wish to convey that:

Injudicious use of AMAs may lead to premature obliteration and

demise of highly efficacious and life-saving AMAs.

Evolution of new AMA involves prohibitive costs, which compounded by

the new patent laws spell doom for general affordability in

developing economies.

Not many new AMAs are there on the horizon.

While old may not always be gold, all new AMA are also not

revolutionary.

The AMA graveyard has many popular AMAs of yester years and yet the

mortuary keeps getting the feed as a result of human follys.

Evolution of microbial resistance due to irrational use of AMA

continues to score over human endeavor to produce new AMAs.

If the antibiotic era is not to be read in annals of history, let us

become sensible to ensure that AMAs continue to subserve human

health.

Let not our callousness and inaction allow miniscule micros to

triumph over macro mankind.

Do not consider microbes to be stupid duds and bufoons like humans.

They are so smart that we humans are dependent on their defence

mechanisms to obtain the antibiotics.They are not dependent on us!

Microbes' defence mechanisms are far more strategic than human war

doctrines and logistics. We need to learn from them how to survive

and survive well, in adversities.

Cheers that we are surviving to discuss all this. If the AM scenerio

does not improve, not many will.

Let us all press for AM policy in our institutions, follow that up

and sustain with efforts.There is no reason why we will not succeed.

Others who have brought in the AM policy have, so will we.

Thank you all for your participation in the discussion.I am honoured

to have the posts from you.

We will try to post a PPP on this subject on NetRUM.

The whole July is full of discussions for you. Watch out next

announcement.

Vijay

Moderator