Problem
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a One Health challenge, spanning human and animal health as well as the environment. Without urgent action, AMR could push an additional 24 million people into extreme poverty by 2030 and lead to an 11% decline in livestock production in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) by 2050. Given the severity and complexity of the issue, ensuring the sustainability and long-term impact of supported AMR interventions is essential to reducing its widespread consequences.
Project overview
Recognising this challenge, and funded by Wellcome, ICARSÂ has selected the One Health and Development Initiative (OHDI) to lead a project aimed at ensuring the long-term, sustainable impact of AMR solutions in LMICs. This project is being conducted in collaboration with the Ducit Blue Foundation and researchers from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Ghana and Bayero University in Nigeria. At its core, this project seeks to develop a comprehensive resource guide that will help stakeholders in LMICs maximise the long-term impact of their AMR interventions.
The resource will define sustainable impact in the context of AMR solutions and provide a comprehensive set of methodologies and actions for achieving and measuring this impact in and across humans, animals, plants and the environment. These methodologies will be designed for integration into broader national systems and will align with the ICARS project model.
Intended outcomes
Through this project, ICARS is working to bridge knowledge gaps, strengthen policy integration, and support the scaling up of AMR interventions in LMICs to ensure they are both effective and sustainable.
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