biostudies-literatureUnknown16(24)Tamhankar AJAntibiotic resistance has reached alarming proportions globally, prompting the World Health Organization to advise nations to take up antibiotic awareness campaigns. Several campaigns have been taken up worldwide, mostly by governments. The government of India asked manufacturers to append a 'redline' to packages of antibiotics as identification marks and conducted a campaign to inform the general public about it and appropriate antibiotic use. We investigated whether an antibiotic resistance awareness campaign could be organized voluntarily in India and determined the characteristics of the voluntarily organized campaign by administering a questionnaire to the coordinators, who participated in organizing the voluntary campaign India. The campaign characteristics were: multiple electro-phyInternational journal of environmental research and public healthE5141https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6950494biostudies-literatureCharacteristics of a Nationwide Voluntary Antibiotic Resistance Awareness Campaign in India; Future Paths and Pointers for Resource Limited Settings/Low and Middle Income Countries.PMC6950494Harindran JAvhad DBhattacharyya SSaxena SVenu VKumar SJacob LRanjit Singh KDiwan VSingh RSahoo KCShandeepan GNachimuthu RPathak AGashnga RMahadik VKTamhankar AJSharma MKannan RSenthil Kumar NMeghwanshi GKNegi VKhedkar SUKumar ANerkar SfalseCharacteristics of a Nationwide Voluntary Antibiotic Resistance Awareness Campaign in India; Future Paths and Pointers for Resource Limited Settings/Low and Middle Income Countries.Antibiotic resistance has reached alarming proportions globally, prompting the World Health Organization to advise nations to take up antibiotic awareness campaigns. Several campaigns have been taken up worldwide, mostly by governments. The government of India asked manufacturers to append a 'redline' to packages of antibiotics as identification marks and conducted a campaign to inform the general public about it and appropriate antibiotic use. We investigated whether an antibiotic resistance awareness campaign could be organized voluntarily in India and determined the characteristics of the voluntarily organized campaign by administering a questionnaire to the coordinators, who participated in organizing the voluntary campaign India. The campaign characteristics were: multiple electro-phy2019-01-01T00:00:00Z2019 Dec2025-04-04T11:06:38.301Z2020-05-22T08:00:43ZS-EPMC69504943188827210.3390/ijerph16245141