The Network of European and African Researchers on Antimicrobial Resistance (NEAR-AMR) represents a group of experts from leading institutions throughout Europe and Africa, within multiple disciplines (clinical, pharmacy, veterinary, environmental microbiology, epidemiology, molecular biology, and evolution) encompassing a One Health approach to AMR. The comprehensive geographical locations of network members allow different, country-specific insights into the two focal areas of this Network:
1. Determining which common capacity and capability training needs exist for young investigators hoping to establish themselves within any area of AMR research from Europe and Africa.
2. Informing on the preferred profile, and realistic limitations, of global surveillance data sharing platforms, informing expectations on what is possible within a range of existing healthcare infrastructures from multiple geographical settings.
JPIAMR VRI (8th Call) NEAR-AMR participants.
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Name |
Institution |
Country |
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Michael Brouwer |
Wageningen Bioveterinary Research |
Netherlands |
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Teresa Coque |
Ramón y Cajal Health Research Institute |
Spain |
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Sabiha Essack |
University of KwaZulu-Natal |
South Africa |
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Nick Feasey |
LSTM / MLW |
Malawi |
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Bruno Gonzalez-Zorn |
Complutense University of Madrid |
Spain |
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Matthew Holden |
University of St Andrews |
UK |
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Shevin Jacob |
LSTM/Infectious Diseases Institute |
Uganda |
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Nina Langeland |
University of Bergen |
Norway |
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Joel Mahyahi |
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences |
Tanzania |
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Jaap Wagenaar |
Utrecht University |
Netherlands |
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Lawrence Mugisha |
Makerere University |
Uganda |
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Emmanuel Nsutebu |
Royal Liverpool University Hospital & African Sepsis Alliance |
UK / Multiple |
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Remy Pacifique Ntirenganya |
Partners in Health |
Liberia |
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Luísa Peixe |
University of Porto |
Portugal |
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Adam Roberts |
LSTM |
UK |
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Maja Rupnik |
National laboratory for health, environment and food |
Slovenia |
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Courage K.S. Saba |
University for Development Studies |
Ghana |
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Wangari Siika |
Aga Khan University Hospital |
Kenya |
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Andrew Singer |
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology |
UK |
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Spigaglia Patrizia |
Istituto Superiore di Sanità |
Italy |
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Arnfinn Sundsfjord |
UiT The Arctic University in Norway |
Norway |
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Maha Talaat |
World Health Organisation (EMRO) |
Egypt |
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Thomas Van Boeckel |
ETH Zurich |
Switzerland |
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Nicola Williams |
University of Liverpool |
UK |
NEAR_AMR Activities
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JPIAMR Co-ordinators meeting; Amsterdam, Netherlands (February 2019) |
1st NEAR-AMR Meeting; Tamale, Ghana (May 2019) |
2nd NEAR_AMR Meeting; Liverpool, UK (Sept 2019) |
The Network is initially funded by the Joint Programme Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance
In 2011, the European Commission established the Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR), together with 11 European member countries. Today, JPIAMR is a global collaborative platform and has engaged 27 nations to curb antibiotic resistance (AMR) with a One Health approach. The initiative coordinates national funding to support transnational research and activities within the six priority areas of the shared JPIAMR Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda – therapeutics, diagnostics, surveillance, transmission, environment, and interventions. The JPIAMR is currently developing a platform to extend shared research capabilities on a global scale through the Virtual Research Institute (JPIAMR-VRI).
NEAR-AMR has been set up through the 8th JPIAMR call to advise on the formation of the JPIAMR-VRI. The overall aim of NEAR AMR is to focus international efforts for maximal benefit and to ensure that results are translatable on intercontinental scales.
