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World Health Day 2011
World Health Day is celebrated each year on 7th April to mark the founding of World Health Organization (WHO).
On this day, each year, it is customary for the WHO to identify a key health issue of global significance and kick start local, regional and international events linked to that issue, and to continue organizing these events through out the year.
This year, 2011, the World Health Day will be focusing on the issue of antimicrobial resistance and its impact on a global level. On this day WHO plans to introduce a six-point policy package to fight the spread of antimicrobial resistance.
Antimicrobial resistance is not a new problem; it has been around for a while but of late its consequences are more ominous than it ever was.
Before the discovery of antimicrobial drugs, such as antibiotics, humans fell easy prey to infections. The human species has survived longer and continues to lead healthier lives only after adding antimicrobials, as arsenals, to his health kitty.
Today, due to the use and misuse of drugs, we are on the brink of a civilizational collapse as it has been increasingly revealed that more and more microorganisms are becoming resistant to antimicrobials.
What is the cause of resistance to antimicrobials or antibiotics?
Drug resistance is a natural evolutionary phenomenon in the microbial world. Certain strains of microorganism succumb to the exposed antimicrobial whereas others survive and become resistant to the antimicrobial. This resistance is passed on to their offspring and over generations certain micro-organisms become resistance to most antimicrobials and become super-bugs .
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