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“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 […]

On 23 October 2015, Jim O’Neill, economist appointed by David Cameron, released the fourth report published by the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance ‘Rapid diagnostics: treating patients with infections better and more sustainably’. The Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR) welcomes this report which highlights the area of diagnostics use and development to reduce antimicrobial […]

On 19 October 2015, the Joint Programming on Antimicrobial Resistance voted in Japan, represented by the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) as its newest partner member. The initiative is now encompassing almost all G7 countries enabling close ties with the G7 goals and greater collaborative strength. “We are pleased that JPIAMR has […]

Latest JPIAMR Newsletter That there is a need for collaboration in the field of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is becoming more and more evident. For example, at the launch of the Antimicrobial Research Collaborative – a multidisciplinary project at Imperial College London, UK– the UK’s chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies said ‘not enough’ is being […]

In a publication containing best practice examples on tackling antimicrobial resistance from G7 countries, JPIAMR is being highlighted. The publication presents some of the existing experience in combating antimicrobial resistance other countries might benefit from. At the World Health Assembly in May 2015 Member States of the WHO committed to develop national action plans on […]