NEAR-AMR: Network of European and African Researchers on Antimicrobial Resistance

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.

Name

Institution

Country

Michael Brouwer

Wageningen Bioveterinary Research

Netherlands

Teresa Coque

Ramón y Cajal Health Research Institute

Spain

Sabiha Essack

University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa

Nick Feasey

LSTM / MLW

Malawi

Bruno Gonzalez-Zorn

Complutense University of Madrid

Spain

Matthew Holden

University of St Andrews

UK

Shevin Jacob

LSTM/Infectious Diseases Institute 

Uganda

Nina Langeland

University of Bergen

Norway

Joel Mahyahi

Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania

Jaap Wagenaar

Utrecht University

Netherlands

Lawrence Mugisha

Makerere University

Uganda

Emmanuel Nsutebu

Royal Liverpool University Hospital & African Sepsis Alliance

UK / Multiple

Remy Pacifique Ntirenganya

Partners in Health

Liberia

Luísa Peixe

University of Porto

Portugal

Adam Roberts

LSTM

UK

Maja Rupnik

National laboratory for health, environment and food

Slovenia

Courage K.S. Saba

University for Development Studies

Ghana

Wangari Siika

Aga Khan University Hospital

Kenya

Andrew Singer

Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

UK

Spigaglia Patrizia

Istituto Superiore di Sanità

Italy

Arnfinn Sundsfjord

UiT The Arctic University in Norway

Norway

Maha Talaat

World Health Organisation (EMRO)

Egypt

Thomas Van Boeckel

ETH Zurich

Switzerland

Nicola Williams

University of Liverpool

UK

NEAR_AMR Activities

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.