Strengthening the Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance in India Using Integrative Technologies.

Background: The antimicrobial resistance (AMR) situation in India is alarming. In the absence of newer antibiotics, the best possible approach is to efficiently use the existing antimicrobials through surveillance of resistance. The data generated by AMR surveillance across the country has immense potential to drive policy decisions.

Management of COVID-19 Pandemic Data in India: Challenges Faced and Lessons Learnt.

COVID-19 is an ongoing pandemic, which has already claimed millions of lives worldwide. In the absence of prior information on the pandemic, the governments can use generated testing data to drive policy decisions. Thus, a one-stop repository is essential to ensure sharing of clean, de-duplicated, and updated records to all the stakeholders.

ICMR's Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance system (-AMRSS): a promising tool for global antimicrobial resistance surveillance.

Background: Growing resistance to antimicrobials has become an important health issue of the 21st century. Many international, national and local approaches are being employed for the control and prevention of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Among them, surveillance is reported to be the best method to reduce the spread of infection and thereby AMR.

Developing a hybrid antimicrobial resistance surveillance system in India: Needs & challenges.

Growing resistance to antimicrobials has become one of the most important problems of the 21 century. The development of new antibiotics is a time-consuming process involving huge financial resources. An alternate approach is proper utilization of the existing antibiotics through the surveillance of resistance.

Setting research priorities in smokeless tobacco control: A retrospective review.

Background & Objectives: Smokeless tobacco (SLT) has become a global menace; India being one of the high-burden countries contributes about 67 per cent of its users. Although research is ongoing on various aspects of SLT use and its effects, there is a need to identify the still under-researched areas in this field. This study was aimed at delineating the quantum of research on various topics of SLT, with intent to delineate research gaps for guiding future research priorities.