Author: Anna Sundin

Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS) of French-speaking Belgium has joined the first JPIAMR transnational call and is making at least €0,2 million available. Belgium was represented from before by Research Foundation Flanders (FWO).

Call Open!

The Strategic Research Agenda has now been published. The core of the agenda is the identification and description of six priority topics (Priority Topic table):

• A. Development of novel antibiotics and alternatives for antibiotics – from  basic research to the market.
  B. Design strategies to improve treatment and prevention of infections by developing new diagnostics.
• C. Standardisation and extension of surveillance systems to establish a global surveillance program on antibiotic resistance and antibiotic use.
• D. Transmission dynamics.
• E. The role of the environment as a source for the selection for and spread of AMR.
• F. Designing and testing interventions to prevent acquisition, transmission and infection caused by AMR.

The report of the conference on Antimicrobial Resistance – Incentivizing Change Towards a Global Solution organized by Chatham House and the Centre on Global Health Security is now available online.

Key aims that were addressed:

• What new efforts by governments and stakeholders in the developing and developed world are needed for global antimicrobial conservation? What obstacles constrain effective action? How can they be addressed?
• What are the most efficient ways of stimulating new drug development for long-term sustainability? What has been tried? What is most likely to work? What does this mean for government policies?
• How do we address antibiotic use in the food and agriculture sector (including fisheries)? How do we promote cross-sectoral collaboration? What are the obstacles? How can they be overcome?

The first joint call features participation of 14 member countries, including newest addition Turkey.

The management board has accepted the final SRA draft as the official SRA of JPIAMR. After several years of work and a very intensive 2013, the SRA is now finalized and will be made public in early 2014. The final version considers all the comments and input from the autumn public and national consultations and will serve as a base for JPIAMR activities for years to come. We would like to express our gratitude to all who have contributed to this very important document!
Strategic Research Agenda

A conference organised by the European Commission on the European antimicrobial resistance (AMR) five year action plan and its future challenges is taking place in Brussels on 11 December 2013. The conference provides a platform to discuss this action plan at the mid-stage of its implementation, looking at the issue both from a human health and veterinary perspective.

More information:
http://ec.europa.eu/health/antimicrobial_resistance/events/ev_11122013_en.htm

The participating countries of the first JPIAMR call have been published in the Pre-Call Announcement page. The call opens on January 27.

The Lancet Infectious Diseases released this week a report on the global state of antibiotic resistance, co-authored by CDDEP Director Ramanan Laxminarayan.

The Lancet Infectious Diseases released this week a report on the global state of antibiotic resistance,
co-authored by CDDEP Director Ramanan Laxminarayan.