The importance of being wary of the dangers of antimicrobial resistance

JAKARTA – Every week in November, the World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW) is held every year. During the week, a week was filled with activities and campaigns to highlight the importance of global health problems caused by antimicrobial resistance.

In addition to raising public awareness, this campaign also aims to improve the quality of health services and health-related policies to prevent the spread of antimicrobial resistance.

This condition makes the standard treatment ineffective and the infection continues, it can even spread to many people. Antibiotics are antimicrobials. If antibiotics are drugs intended to kill bacteria, the term antimicrobial refers to drugs intended to kill bacteria, viruses and certain parasites.

In fact, microbial resistance is a natural evolutionary phenomenon caused by the mutation of the DNA of a microorganism, which allows microorganisms to continue to adjust their genetic makeup and become stronger.

"Antibiotic resistance is a natural occurrence, it occurs.It's just how we can control the resistance rate," said Syamsul Ma "arif, director of veterinary public health, at the same time. culmination of Global Antibiotic Awareness Week, November 18, 2018.

During the celebration, FAO and the Ministry of Agriculture reiterated its commitment to preventing antimicrobial resistance.

The excessive and abusive use of antimicrobial drugs increases the number and type of resistant organisms.

This has an impact on the growing number of infectious diseases that are spreading, badociated with the development of trade and travel on the continent, which is becoming easier to do, resistant microorganisms that can spread in various parts of the world.

Professor Wiku Adisasmito, chairman of the professor at the Faculty of Public Health of the University of Indonesia (UI), said that for all individuals, the presence of antimicrobial resistance in the community was also a burden on the government for health financing.

"This is not only the health workers who must educate patients and their families on the dosage and duration of use of antimicrobial drugs, but also the duty of the pharmaceutical industry and the pharmaceutical industry. government as policy makers, "said Wiku Adisasmito, in a press release on Wednesday (11/28/2018). )

The winners of the 2018 Academic Leader Award from the Ministry of Research and Technology and Higher Education explained some time ago that the concept of "One Health" was considered the most appropriate to solve the problem of antimicrobial resistance in humans, animals and the environment. The One Health approach is a multi-sectoral approach involving various professionals and health facilities.

"If from the field of livestock can reduce the use of antibiotics in animals, the field of public health can also increase public awareness (in the field of medicine and pharmacy) is also able to carry out effective treatment, "he said.

"So we can control the resistance rate.It's the concept of" One Health. "All sectors are working together, including government and industry," concluded Wiku, who is also the coordinator Indonesian University Network for Health (INDOHUN).

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