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Trends and patterns of antimicrobial resistance among common pathogens isolated from adult bloodstream and urinary tract infections in public health facilities in Malawi, 2020–2024 - BMC Infectious Di... Introduction Bacterial bloodstream and urinary tract infections present a huge health burden especially in low-resource settings, which is worsened by the escalating burden of antimicrobial resistance...

📚 Today's #MondayRead is a study published in BMC Infectious Diseases examining antimicrobial resistance (#AMR) trends among common pathogens isolated from adult bloodstream and urinary tract infections in Malawi between 2020 and 2024.

📖 bit.ly/40N4cbH

🌍 ICARS is pleased to welcome two new team members! Holy Akwar joins as Science Advisor, supporting the development and management of projects in LMICs. Francesca Chiara joins as Science Partnership Advisor, bringing extensive experience in #GlobalHealth and strategic partnerships ➡️ bit.ly/46LyWNS

📚 Today's #MondayRead explores expanding access to #AMR diagnostics in rural India. While rapid POCTs are promising, traditional culture labs with strengthened infrastructure may be the most feasible and cost-effective approach in these settings #GlobalHealth

🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.jg...

📚 Today’s #MondayRead is a newly published comment in
@thelancet.com, ‘Integrating gender and equity commitments in the revised global action plan on antimicrobial resistance’.

Read more ➡️ bit.ly/4nWEueM

#GlobalHealth #OneHealth #PublicHealth #HealthPolicy

👋 ICARS is pleased to welcome two new team members!

Get to know the ICARS team ➡️ bit.ly/46LyWNS

#AMR #GlobalHealth #OneHealth

📢 Join the "Ask Me Anything" webinars on the C-CAMP
#OneHealth AMR Challenge 2025, supported by ICARS.

🗓️ July 16 | 3–4 PM IST lnkd.in/g-Znaz2r
🗓️ July 17 | 8–9 PM IST lnkd.in/gMHKHTcp

💡 Applications close: August 3, 2025

#OneHealth #AntimicrobialResistance #Biotech #PublicHealth

Women trailblazers shaping the global future of antimicrobial stewardship and antimicrobial resistance Published in Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy (Ahead of Print, 2025)

📚 Today's #MondayRead celebrates women leading the mitigation of #AMR through research, education, advocacy & care. Among them is Dr. Maria Virginia Villegas, PI of an ICARS-supported project addressing CRE spread in Colombia’s public hospitals ➡️ bit.ly/4loaO8z 📖 bit.ly/3Gx8Q6N

ICARS conducts field visits to Zambia and Zimbabwe to support AMR mitigation projects – ICARS In June 2025, ICARS team members Rodolphe Mader and Sunday Ochai travelled to Zambia and Zimbabwe to assess progress and provide technical support for ongoing projects aimed at sustainable antimicrobi...

🌍 In June 2025, ICARS team members Rodolphe Mader and Sunday Ochai travelled to Zambia and Zimbabwe to visit ongoing ICARS-supported projects promoting sustainable antimicrobial use in livestock systems ➡️ bit.ly/40b4717 #AMR #OneHealth #SustainableLivestock #GlobalHealth

Scaling solutions and financing for antimicrobial resistance mitigation – ICARS On 2 June 2025, the International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions (ICARS) and ReAct Africa hosted a high-level roundtable on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) at the Hamburg Sustainability ...

📍 On 2 June 2025, ICARS and ReAct Africa convened a high-level roundtable on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) during the Hamburg Sustainability Conference.

🔗 This summary brief highlights key insights on turning political commitments into meaningful, measurable action ➡️ bit.ly/3Gyh4eL

📚 Today's #MondayRead dives into the #AMR crisis in #Bihar, India. Introducing digital workflows led to a 4x rise in culture testing, better data quality, and faster turnaround times. The study offers a scalable model for LMICs to align policy, procurement & clinical practice 🔗 bit.ly/4077BBT

🌏 In June 2025, ICARS representatives Kristina Osbjer and Theresa Hogenhaug visited Japan to strengthen global collaboration on #AMR ➡️ bit.ly/44AnTER

ICARS Quarterly Newsletter, Issue No.18, June 2025 Read news and updates from the International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions

🌎We're pleased to share the latest ICARS Quarterly Newsletter, where momentum continues to build across implementation research, global partnerships, and policy engagement to address #AMR.

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Antimicrobial resistance in Africa: A retrospective analysis of data from 14 countries, 2016–2019 Author summary Why was this study done? Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a pressing global health issue that contributes to a decline in the effectiveness of antibiotics and complicates the treatm...

📚 Today's #MondayRead is a new study in PLOS Medicine presenting the largest retrospective analysis of antimicrobial resistance (#AMR) data from Africa (2016–2019) ➡️ bit.ly/4eCMOfp #GlobalHealth #InfectiousDiseases #HealthSystems #PublicHealth

ICARS co-hosts 10th ReAct Africa and South Centre Annual AMR Regional Conference in Zambia – ICARS From 11–12 June 2025, ICARS co-hosted and participated in the 10th ReAct Africa and South Centre Annual AMR Regional Conference, held in Lusaka, Zambia, under the theme “From Global to Local Action: O...

🌍 From 10–12 June, ICARS co-hosted the 10th ReAct Africa & South Centre AMR Conference in Lusaka, focused on turning global AMR commitments into country-led action in LMICs ➡️ bit.ly/4ngGYUL

Antimicrobial stewardship interventions reduce the time to the first antibiotic administration in septic patients in ICUs: regional multicenter study in 7 Latin American high-complexity hospitals | An... Severe sepsis and septic shock remain the main cause of mortality and morbidity in a variety of patients, independent of their socio-economic status, age, or geographical origin (1–4). Although there ...

📚 Today’s #MondayRead highlights the power of antimicrobial stewardship in resource-limited settings. In 7 Latin American ICUs, AMS education cut sepsis antibiotic “hang time” & boosted 1-hour bundle adherence from 33.8% to 59.6% in 1 year ➡️ bit.ly/3T4bCTG #GlobalHealth #AntimicrobialResistance #AMR

Reimagining Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) financing for Africa amid global funding crises To strengthen the AMR response, Africa should adopt locally driven strategies, reduce dependence on external funding and create a more resilient financing mechanism.

📚 Today’s #MondayRead is a timely piece on reimagining how Africa funds the mitigation of #AMR by Sherin Paul & Mirfin Mpundu.
⚠️ 255,000 AMR-attributable deaths in 2019
📉 NAPs remain largely unfunded. Donor cuts & rising debt worsen the crisis
💡 Innovative, local solutions are key
🔗 bit.ly/4l6wqWz

🌍 Day 1 of #AARC25 focused on turning global #AMR commitments into local action across Africa.

👏 ICARS-supported projects showcased local innovation.

Thanks to ReAct Africa Network & @wellcometrust.bsky.social for their support.

#OneHealth #GlobalHealth

🌍 Ahead of #AARC2025, ICARS hosted a closed pre-conference session bringing together project teams from across Africa. Teams took part in interactive sessions on collaboration, sustainability, and impact measurement

Funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social

Denmark launches new National Action Plan on AMR and pledges USD 43 million in continued funding to ICARS – ICARS On 11 June 2025, the Danish government launched its new National Action Plan (NAP) on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), reaffirming its long-standing commitment to addressing this urgent global health a...

🌍 On 11 June 2025, Denmark launched its new National Action Plan on #AMR. As part of the plan, Denmark will provide USD 43M (DKK 280M) in core funding to ICARS (2027–2030) to continue co-developing cost-effective AMR solutions with #LMICs across #OneHealth.

📄 Read more ➡️ bit.ly/4dWTvJ3

Global leaders convene to advance sustainable solutions and financing for antimicrobial resistance mitigation – ICARS Hamburg, Germany – On 2 June 2025, global health and development leaders and key stakeholders gathered at the Hamburg City Hall for a high-level roundtable titled “Scaling Solutions and Financing for ...

📍ICARS and ReAct Africa convened a high-level, side-event on “Scaling Solutions and Financing for Antimicrobial Resistance Mitigation” at #HSC25.

🤝 To capture the shared ambition of the roundtable, the Hamburg Joint Statement on AMR was released, endorsed by 15 key stakeholders. 🔗⬇️ bit.ly/3SAeyXW

Vacancies – ICARS Job opportunities at ICARS

🌍 Are you structured, service-minded and independent? Do you want to work in an international, purpose-driven environment? Then you might be our new #StudentAssistant for Resources & Compliance at ICARS!

📍 Location: Copenhagen
📅 Start date: As soon as possible
🔗 icars-global.org/vacancies/

Standardizing multidrug resistance definitions and visualizations to support surveillance across One Health This study aimed to understand the current use of visualizations for multidrug resistance (MDR) data across the One Health spectrum and the visualizat…

🗨️ How well do we visualise multidrug resistance (MDR) across One Health?

Today's #MondayRead is a new study revealing that MDR visuals vary widely—bar charts and heat maps are common, but experts prefer simpler formats. The authors call for more harmonised standards. 🔗 bit.ly/4kNvS81 #AMR #MDR

ICARS - A year in review 2024 – ICARS For the full annual report, please click here. 2024 was a pivotal year in the global response to antimicrobial resistance and for ICARS. The ICARS-supported project portfolio grew to 55 projects in 25...

🎯 Early results from ICARS projects show the promise of targeted AMR interventions in Colombia, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia and Zambia — from better piglet care to reduced antibiotic use in children & improved antibiotic prescribing.
🔎 See more in our 2024 Report: bit.ly/43qVscO
#AMR #OneHealth #Stewardship

ICARS joins the global dialogue on establishing an independent panel for evidence for action on AMR – ICARS On May 21st, the International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions (ICARS) participated  in a high-level event, From Evidence to Action: Designing an Effective Independent Panel on Antimicro...

ICARS' Executive Director, Sujith J. Chandy, recently joined @Kevin Outterson, @carb-x.bsky.social, Misbah Khan, @tbij.bsky.social, and Anthony McDonnell, @cgdev.org, for an interesting discussion on designing an effective Independent Panel on #AMR.

🔗Read more about the side-event at #WHA76 ⬇️

Fighting AMR in a resource-limited setting: an integrated approach to infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship is the “best-buy” The compounding problem of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) remains a global health concern as they prolong hospital stays, increase healthcare costs, and caus...

📚 Sierra Leone hospitals are addressing #AMR by integrating #InfectionPrevention & AMS. Surveys in hospitals reveal IPC exists, but AMS is lagging. Authors recommend using existing IPC structures to launch AMS efforts, practical & cost-effective in low-resource settings ➡️ bit.ly/44OT015

Tunisia joins ICARS as a Mission Partner, deepening commitment to addressing AMR  – ICARS ICARS is pleased to announce that Tunisia has officially become an ICARS Mission Partner, reinforcing its national commitment to addressing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) through sustainable, context-...

🌍 Tunisia joins ICARS as a Mission Partner to address #AMR with sustainable, context-specific solutions. The CARMA project will reduce AMR risks in reclaimed water via nature-based approaches like constructed wetlands ➡️ bit.ly/4myDHA8 #OneHealth #GlobalHealth #Sustainability #AntimicrobialResistance

ACRI and ICARS lead expert meeting to address climate and AMR challenges in LMICs – ICARS This article was authored by the Ateneo Center for Research and Innovation (ACRI) as part of an ICARS-supported project. The initiative involves a scoping review to explore and evaluate existing antim...

🌱 ACRI & ICARS gathered experts in the Philippines to explore the climate-AMR link in #LMICs.
🔍 Climate stressors are driving antibiotic use in food systems, raising AMR risks.
More: bit.ly/3Sg0DWL
#OneHealth #GlobalHealth

Putting gender upfront in One Health AMR research and implementation strategies – ICARS This article highlights the lack of integration of gender and equity perspectives in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) research, particularly within the One Health framework that spans human, animal, and...

📖 Today’s #MondayRead highlights the lack of gender and equity perspectives in #AMR research, especially in the #OneHealth context. This commentary calls on funders to support gender-focused, intersectional AMR research & cross-sector collaboration.

🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4doQzEI

ICARS - A year in review 2024 – ICARS For the full annual report, please click here. 2024 was a pivotal year in the global response to antimicrobial resistance and for ICARS. The ICARS-supported project portfolio grew to 55 projects in 25...

The ICARS Year in Review report is out now!
🌍 55 projects in 25 countries
🌱 New work on AMR & climate, vaccines, sustainability
📈 Preliminary results from Colombia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan and Zambia
🤝 Growing global impact and new partnerships
Read more 👉 bit.ly/43qVscO
#AMR #GlobalHealth #OneHealth