Delhi Society for Promotion of Rational Use of Drugs (DSPRUD)
- November 24, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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Delhi Society for Promotion of Rational Use of Drugs (DSPRUD)
Subject – Environment
Context – Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: Recent initiatives of DSPRUD towards AMR containment
Concept –
- Delhi Society for Promotion of Rational Use of Drugs(DSPRUD), a non-government organisation since 1996, has been a leading innovator, convener, partner and driver for introducing the concept of essential medicines and rational medicine use, especially antibiotics in India.
- The Society is committed to focus and energise the essential medicines concept, rational medicine use and medication safety agenda to strengthen healthcare systems in both, the public and private sector.
- DSPRUD played an instrumental role in the development of a multi-sectoral and multi-jurisdictional State Action Plan to Combat AMR in Delhi (SAP-CARD) in January 2020 with contribution from over 120 experts from the human and non-human sectors.
- With this, Delhi became the third state to develop its own state action plan after Kerala and Madhya Pradesh.
- Besides, DSPRUD has been representing at the national level in National Working Groups on AMR.