Medicines used to contain epidemics losing effect: speakers

They say there is need to carry out more research in micro-biology

MULTAN: Medicines that are used to contain epidemic diseases are losing their effect as the microscopic germs developed immunity against these drugs. There is need to carry out more research and inventions in the field of microbiology to prevent coming generations from attack of different diseases.

This was said by speakers during the 11th International Biannual Conference on Public Health, Food Pharma and Agriculture, which begun three days ago. The conference was jointly organised by Institute of Food Science and Nutrition and Pakistan Society for Molecular Biology and American Society for Molecular Biology.

While presenting their research papers, the researchers and scientists pointed out that increase in outbreak of epidemics and resistance of anti-biotics had become an alarming issue in Pakistan. They asserted that the attack of diseases could be prevented by improving environment and food culture.

Speaking on this occasion, Director of the Institute Prof Saeed Akhtar said that people should use balanced diet according to their body needs. He added the people would have to keep in view environmental changes. “We need to analyse that what impacts these changes are leaving on the lives of people and then we have to devise our policies to prevent the negative impacts of these changes,” he pointed out.

Akhtar said we had to strive for sustainable development which must be beneficial for humankind. He warned that the coming generations would hold us responsible for their miseries, diseases and unhealthy lives if we failed to make new inventions. He said that a healthy youth was imperative for the development of any country and we had to strive hard to prevent our youth from diseases.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 23^rd, 2017.