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OH-AMR-Diag: A One-Health approach for Rapid Diagnostics of Bacterial Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance

Alternative title: OH-AMR-Diag: A One-Health approach for Rapid Diagnostics of Bacterial Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

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331963

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2021 - 2022

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Antimicrobials are a class of medicine that kills or inhibits the growth of microorganisms. They are vital to preventing and treating infections in humans and animals. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is the ability of microorganisms, such as bacteria to resist antibiotic treatment. AMR is mainly due to factors, including inappropriate use of antimicrobials in human and veterinary medicine, poor hygiene conditions and practices in healthcare, or the food chain facilitating the spread of resistant bacteria. The veterinary sector shares most of the antimicrobial classes employed in treating human infections, resulting in a cumulative pressure on the microorganisms and therefore decreased efficacy of antimicrobials in both the human and veterinary fields. AMR is one of the critical humans- and animal health-threatening issues globally. One Health (OH) is a term used to describe a principle that recognizes that human and animal health are interconnected. Diseases are transmitted from humans to animals and vice versa and must therefore be tackled in both. OH is globally recognized and is widely used through the European One Health Action Plan against AMR and the UNs Political Declaration on AMR. AMR also threatens the achievement of several of the United Nations’ sustainable development goals. Therefore, a sustained OH response with joint efforts is needed across disciplines, sectors, and technologies are essential to tackle AMR and achieve these goals. In OH-AMR-Diag, an interdisciplinary and cross-sector approach to human and animal health and livestock food production will be applied to understand and prevent the development of AMR using rapid point-of-care diagnostics from a OH perspective. Project activities include data collection, project-related travel, 2 workshops (F2F and online) for all the main project partners to identify the needs and develop a well-aligned application from the OH perspective for a collaborative and knowledge-building project in 2022.

Antimicrobials are a class of medicine that kills or inhibits the growth of microorganisms. They are vital to preventing and treating infections in humans and animals. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is the ability of microorganisms, such as bacteria to resist antibiotic treatment. AMR is mainly due to factors, including inappropriate use of antimicrobials in human and veterinary medicine, poor hygiene conditions and practices in healthcare, or the food chain facilitating the spread of resistant bacteria. The veterinary sector shares most of the antimicrobial classes employed in treating human infections, resulting in a cumulative pressure on the microorganisms and therefore decreased efficacy of antimicrobials in both the human and veterinary fields. AMR is one of the critical humans- and animal health-threatening issues globally. One Health (OH) is a term used to describe a principle that recognizes that human and animal health are interconnected. Diseases are transmitted from humans to animals and vice versa and must therefore be tackled in both. OH is globally recognized and is widely used through the European One Health Action Plan against AMR and the UNs Political Declaration on AMR. AMR also threatens the achievement of several of the United Nations’ sustainable development goals. Therefore, a sustained OH response with joint efforts is needed across disciplines, sectors, and technologies are essential to tackle AMR and achieve these goals. In OH-AMR-Diag, an interdisciplinary and cross-sector approach to human and animal health and livestock food production will be applied to understand and prevent the development of AMR using rapid point-of-care diagnostics from a OH perspective. Project activities include data collection, project-related travel, 2 workshops (F2F and online) for all the main project partners to identify the needs and develop a well-aligned application from the OH perspective for a collaborative and knowledge-building project in 2022.

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