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title: "Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): Causes & Policy"
description: "Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) lets microbes survive drugs that once killed them. See its causes, the WHO Global Action Plan, and India's National Action Plan."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

TL;DR

- Antimicrobial resistance is the capacity of microorganisms to survive exposure to drugs that once killed or inhibited them, rendering standard treatments ineffective.
- How does the One Health approach apply to AMR?
- What is the difference between AMR and antibiotic resistance?
- What did the 2024 UN High-Level Meeting on AMR commit to?
- What is India's regulatory response to AMR?

[Civil Service & Diplomatic Exams](https://modeldiplomat.com/learn/civil-services/glossary)Updated June 22, 2026

Antimicrobial resistance is the capacity of microorganisms to survive exposure to drugs that once killed or inhibited them, rendering standard treatments ineffective.

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1. 21 September 2016

   The United Nations General Assembly reinforced this at a High-Level Meeting on —only the fourth health issue ever taken up at that level—producing a politica…

2. 26 September 2024

   The latest milestone is the second UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on AMR held on , whose political declaration set a target of reducing the 4.95 mill…

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In April 2017 India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched the National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance, accompanied by the inter-ministerial Delhi Declaration on AMR.

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