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The 3rd International One Health Congress brings science and policy together aiming at the early recognition and control of emerging (infectious) diseases, now and in the years to come. CONGRESS THEME: PREVENTION AT THE SOURCE Prevention at the source is key in controlling (infectious) diseases that have a growing impact on humans, animals and their […]

JPIAMR has actively participated to the World Health Organization (WHO) consultation sent this summer to relevant organisations. The invitation was in order to contribute to their global action plan to combat antimicrobial resistance,  which should be submitted to their sixty-eighth World Health Assembly in May 2015.

The EC will launch in 2015 a new €1 million prize on Diagnostics: “Reducing the Mis-use of Antibiotics Prize”. This Prize will reward a rapid test that can identify at the point of care patients with upper respiratory tract infections that can be managed safely without antibiotics. http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-14-492_en.htm Simultaneously, the UK has announced a £10 […]

JPIAMR took part last 15 July in Bari (Italy) on the Inter-Institutional Meeting JPIs-MPCs. The meeting seek ways of cooperation between JPIs and the Mediterranean area. Mainly through the enhancement of research and innovation in the Euro-Mediterranean region by fostering dialogue between policy makers and coordinators or representatives of different Joint Programming Initiatives (JPIs) that […]

Mats Ulfendahl, Chair of JPIAMR, lead the discussion on “International priorities surrounding antimicrobial resistance and development of new antibiotics”.

JPIAMR organized a well attended garden reception June 24th for speakers and participants of the ESOF session ‘Antibiotic resistance: a ticking time bomb!’ with keynote speaker Dr. Anne Glover (Chief Scientific Adviser to the President of the European Commission) which was organized by the Swedish research and innovation councils SRC, Formas, Forte and Vinnova. The […]