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This article was published in the Parliament Magazine February issue 2016. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has led to a global increase in morbidity and mortality due to resistant bacterial infections. Bacteria develop resistance naturally. It is hence not enough to only develop new antibiotics as the bacteria, through the process of selective pressure, will always find […]

The Dutch presidency has told Europe’s ministers of health and agriculture they must work together if antimicrobial resistance is to be tackled reports Research Professional. Europe’s governments must set aside worries about subsidiarity and make tackling antimicrobial resistance a common priority, Edith Schippers, the Dutch minister of health, welfare and sport, told delegates at a […]

On 20-21 January 2016, the Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR), the US National Institute of Health (NIH) and the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), organised a meeting which brought together scientists in the field of antibacterial resistance. The aim was to increase the trans-Atlantic dialogue and encourage scientific collaboration […]

On 22 Januray 2016, the Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR) co-organised a trans-Atlantic workshop discussing clinical trial networks in the field of antimicrobial resistance together with the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), the US National Institute of Health (NIH), the European Commission and COMBACTE. This meeting was the first of its kind. “The meeting generated […]

“To unravel the dynamics of transmission and selection of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) at genetic, bacterial, animal, human, societal, and environmental levels, in order to design and evaluate preventive and intervening measures for controlling resistance.” This is the topic of JPIAMR’s 3rd call for research proposals which opened on 18 January 2016. It is the first […]

Brussels 19 December 2015. National and European research funding in the field of antibacterial resistance is unbalanced and underfunded, according to new research by the Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR) published in the journal Lancet Infectious Diseases today. The study, which is the first of its kind, highlights the need for increased and […]

Blog by: Hannah Boley, Science & Innovation Officer, Berlin Part of Science & Innovation Network, Europe Bugs don’t work in silos! Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is a topic that is difficult to escape at the moment, but that’s a good thing because it means it is getting the attention that it really does need. The news recently […]

At the conference ‘Tackling Societal Challenges’ in Lund on 3 December 2015, the chairs of the different Joint Programming Initiatives summarised how to move forward with the JPI scheme. Publicly-funded research activities in Europe have increasingly been focused on the grand challenges; health, food, water and energy supply, climate change and societal transformation. The Joint […]