Global AMR Award for Bal Krishna Sah

Bal Krishna Sah, a reporter for The Himalayan Times, received a Global AMR Special Mention Award in the Southeast Asia regional category of the Global AMR Media Awards 2024. He shared this recognition with Dr Tin Maung Htwe, a senior columnist for Standard Time, a Burmese-language newspaper in Myanmar, and Rindi Salsabilla, a journalist with CNBC Indonesia.

The Global AMR Media Alliance presented the award during its fourth Global Media Forum, held virtually on Thursday, Nov 7, after reviewing 413 applications from 43 countries.

Launched this year, the AMR Media Awards invited submissions from all six WHO regions, selecting winners in both regional and global categories.

Shobha Shukla, founder of the Global AMR Media Alliance, said the awards aim to encourage sensitive and responsible reporting on antimicrobial resistance (AMR).