India, Aug. 1 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), in collaboration with the Centre for Health Research and Innovation (CHRI), an affiliate of global nonprofit organisation PATH in India, and multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company GSK, has launched a district-level initiative to promote the rational use of antibiotics and the safe disposal of unused and expired medicines, officials said on Friday.

Around 76 people, including civic medical officers, zonal health officials, biomedical waste management experts, CHRI representatives and metropolitan surveillance unit (MSU) officials, attended the workshop held at Balasaheb Thackeray Kaladalan in Swargate on July 28.

Mahesh Zagade, former Maharashtra principal secretary, ...