Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR) Fund Management
Project Period
June 2021 - November 2029
The Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR) is a global collaborative platform engaging 29 nations to curb antimicrobial resistance (AMR), one of the most serious global health challenges. Under the JPIAMR framework, several consortia, comprising both European and African partners, have been awarded funding to tackle the complex challenges of AMR.
Recognizing the importance of strengthening African participation, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) committed to supporting African institutions and universities within the framework of JPIAMR. Sida assigned its fund management role to the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) to ensure efficient fund management and build capacity. In this role, APHRC leads efforts to support implementing partner institutions (22 initiatives across African institutions as of December 2024) in increasing timeliness, efficiency, and effectiveness in implementing their JPIAMR projects and strengthening their AMR research and grant management capacities.
Specifically, the project seeks to:
- Strengthen research, governance, and management systems within implementing partner institutions supporting AMR research and response in the domain of environment, human and animal health, and
- Create a strong network of AMR researchers who can collaboratively and effectively engage with policy actors in projects to prevent and treat bacterial, parasitic, viral, and fungal infections and diseases.
Project Team
- Joseph Gichuru (Principal Investigator)
- Florah Karimi (Program Manager)
- Gael Bidzogo Ekobono (Senior Project Officer)
- Gift Dzombo (Senior Financial Analyst)
- Mercy Ndwiga (Program Administrative Officer)
- Ann Waithaka (Senior Communications Officer)
Project Duration
- June 2021 – December 2028
Funder
- Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
Internal blog:
APHRC hosts grant management workshop for researchers tackling Antimicrobial Resistance
External articles:
Researchers develop ICT system to monitor antibiotic usage in livestock
Antimicrobial Resistance a Global Challenge with Less Attention – Makerere’s Dr. Mugisha
Researchers utilize ICT to monitor & address Antimicrobial Use (AMU) & Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in Animals.
Scientific Publications by Partners
Optimizing community antibiotic use and environmental infection control with behavioral interventions in rural Burkina Faso (CABU EICO), Burkina Faso
- Antibiotic use by clinical presentation across all healthcare providers in rural Burkina Faso: a healthcare visit exit survey (2024). https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkae252
- Healthcare seeking outside healthcare facilities and antibiotic dispensing patterns in rural Burkina Faso: A mixed methods study (2023). https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.13868
Optimizing community antibiotic use and environmental infection control with behavioral interventions in Rural Democratic Republic of Congo (CABU EICO), DRC
- Cohort Profile: Kimpese Health and Demographic Surveillance System, Democratic Republic of Congo (2024). https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyae150
- Antibiotic use from formal and informal healthcare providers in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a population-based study in two health zones. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2022.04.002
Optimizing community antibiotic use and environmental infection control with behavioral interventions in rural Burkina Faso and DR Congo (CABU EICO) Consortium
- Evaluating the effect of a behavioral intervention bundle on antibiotic use, quality of care, and household transmission of resistant Enterobacteriaceae in the intervention versus control clusters in rural Burkina Faso and DR Congo (CABU-EICO). Trials 25, 91 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-023-07856-2
Selecting Efficient Farm-level Antimicrobial Stewardship Interventions from a One Health Perspective (SEFASI), Senegal
- Determinants of animal disease and non-therapeutic antibiotic use on smallholder livestock farms. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 10: 1258214 (2024). https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2023.1258214
- Rapport du troisième atelier de modélisation des impacts socio-économiques de la résistance aux antimicrobiens (RAM): cas d’étude du Sénégal (2024). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149036
- Mapping the effect of antimicrobial resistance in poultry production in Senegal: an integrated system dynamics and network analysis approach (2023). https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2023.1189109
- Drivers of Antibiotic Use in Semi-Intensive Poultry Farms: Evidence from a Survey in Senegal (2023). https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics12030460
Nature-Based Solutions to Reduce Antibiotics, Pathogens, and Antimicrobial Resistance in Aquatic Ecosystems (NATURE), MALI
- Potential of nature-based solutions to reduce antibiotics, antimicrobial resistance, and pathogens in aquatic ecosystems. A critical review, Science of The Total Environment, Volume 946, 2024, 174273, ISSN 0048-9697 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174273
Surveillance of Emerging Pathogens and Antibiotic Resistances in Aquatic Ecosystems (SARA), Uganda
- Antibiotic resistance of E. coli isolates from different water sources in Mbarara, Uganda. J Water Health; 22 (9): 1579–1593 (2024). https://doi.org/10.2166/wh.2024.319
Surveillance of Emerging Pathogens and Antibiotic Resistances in Aquatic Ecosystems (SARA), Mozambique
Management of animal diseases and antimicrobial use by information and communication technology to control AMR in East Africa (MAD-tech-AMR), Uganda
- Information and communication technology framework for improved monitoring and control of antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance (2022). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121935
Management of animal diseases and antimicrobial use by information and communication technology to control AMR in East Africa (MAD-tech-AMR), ILRI
- Antimicrobial use by peri-urban poultry smallholders of Kajiado and Machakos counties in Kenya (2023). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37237808/