On Saturday, the Asian Pacific Region countries pledged to jointly combat in increasing threat of antimicrobial resistance that which transcends borders and endangers global health making life-saving antibiotics ineffective.

The Tokyo meeting of Health Ministers of Antimicrobial Resistance health ministers from 12 countries in the region agreed the way information on antimicrobial resistance is collected and shared the effective policies and actions.
Antimicrobial resistance was a threat to global security and other economic stability said Poonam Khetrapal Singh the regional director of World Health Organisation for the south Asian region.

“It is a looming health and economic crisis that requires both global and local solutions. Since drug-resistant genes can travel, countries with higher levels of the economic and social organization have a stake in the success of measures taken by less developed countries. In the fight against antimicrobial resistance, we are only as strong as the weakest link,” she told ministers during the meeting.

“Antibiotic resistance was one of the biggest threats to human health today. Having effective antimicrobials is also critical to the social and economic development of nations. We have a limited window of opportunity to take action and avoid a post-antibiotic era,” she said.

The Asian pacific region populations are at high risks we can say for emerging drug-resistant infections. Which are evident to spread multidrug resistant strains of malaria and tuberculosis this is due to rapid economic development and sociodemographic and cultural changes, later coupled with their health status.

“We must strengthen health systems’ response and cooperation with the agriculture sector to contain this threat, and improve understanding of the problem among the public. The Tokyo meeting has provided a platform to move forward with this important agenda,” WHO regional director for the Western Pacific Shin Young-soo said.