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Editorial
. 2025 Jul 11;5(1):e152.
doi: 10.1017/ash.2025.10060. eCollection 2025.

When policy-makers have your back: the Kerala experience with state-wide antimicrobial resistance mitigation efforts

Aravind Reghukumar  1 , Rajalakshmi Ananthanarayanan  2 , K V Nandakumar  3 , Sivaprasad P S  4 , Manjusree S  5 , Jyothi R  5 , Heera Hassan  5 , Ajan Maheswaran Jaya  6 , H Sreenadh  7 , R Nikhilesh Menon  8
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When policy-makers have your back: the Kerala experience with state-wide antimicrobial resistance mitigation efforts

Aravind Reghukumar et al. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. .
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Conflict of interest statement

All authors except Heera Hassan are members of the KARSAP working committee and are key decision-makers in the planning and executing AMR mitigation efforts in Kerala.

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Strategic priorities under Kerala Antimicrobial Resistance Strategic Action Plan.
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4 Pillars and 2 foundational steps..
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Timeline of Kerala Antimicrobial Resistance Strategic Action Plan initiatives.
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    1. Kerala antimicrobial resistance strategic action plan: One Health response to AMR containment: October 2018: Government of Kerala. KERALA ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN (KARSAP)

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