At Jeddah AMR ministerial conference, India backs AMR trust fund and independent evidence panel
On 16 November 2024 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Union MoS Health Anupriya Patel addressed the 4th High-Level Ministerial Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance.
Summary
On 16 November 2024 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel addressed the 4th High-Level Ministerial Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), themed 'From Declaration to Implementation - Accelerating Actions Through Multisectoral Partnerships for the Containment of AMR'. She called AMR a global health threat needing a 'One Health' approach across human, animal, plant and environmental health. India supported creating the AMR Multi-partner Trust Fund and an Independent Panel on Evidence for Action against AMR by the quadripartite organisations in 2025, and stressed access to and affordability of antimicrobials, diagnostics and vaccines in low- and middle-income countries.
Key facts
- Date/place
- 16 Nov 2024, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Event
- 4th High-Level Ministerial Conference on AMR
- India
- MoS Health Anupriya Patel
- Theme
- From Declaration to Implementation - multisectoral partnerships for AMR containment
- Approach
- One Health
- India backs
- AMR Multi-partner Trust Fund; Independent Panel on Evidence (2025)
Practice MCQs 3 questions
Where was the 4th High-Level Ministerial Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance, addressed by Anupriya Patel on 16 November 2024, held?
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Correct answer: D — Jeddah
PIB (Health): the conference was held in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
At the Jeddah AMR conference in November 2024, India supported the creation of which of the following?
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Correct answer: B — AMR Multi-partner Trust Fund
PIB (Health): India supported the AMR Multi-partner Trust Fund and an Independent Panel on Evidence for Action against AMR in 2025.
Consider the following about India's statement at the 4th High-Level Ministerial Conference on AMR (November 2024): 1. India called for a 'One Health' approach covering human, animal, plant and environmental health. 2. India stressed access to and affordability of antimicrobials, diagnostics and vaccines in low- and middle-income countries. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: C — Both 1 and 2
PIB (Health): both are correct.