Pawar addressed the Ministerial Roundtable Conference at the 76th session of the World Health Organization Regional Committee for South-East Asia here.
The minister of state for health said India's example of prioritising the development and implementation of state action plans for containment of AMR is a best practice that can be further discussed and emulated by other countries.
Pawar was speaking at the ministerial plenary of the third Global High-Level Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance in Muscat, Oman. According to the World Health Organisation, AMR is a global health and development threat. Misuse and overuse of antimicrobials are the main drivers in the development of drug-resistant pathogens.