Int. Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions
@ICARS_global
ICARS is a 🌍 #OneHealth research partnership supporting the development & implementation of context-specific & cost-effective solutions to tackle #AMR in LMICs
📚 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 🔗…
📆 Applications close on August 3, 2025!
The CCAMP One Health AMR Challenge 2025, supported by @ICARS_global, is here! Launched at the India AMR Innovation Workshop in the presence of Prof. Ajay Sood, @PrinSciAdvGoI, this challenge is a huge opportunity for innovators across the world working in the…
📚 Today’s #MondayRead is a newly published comment in @TheLancet, ‘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 @CCAMP_India One Health AMR Challenge 2025, supported by ICARS. 💡 Learn about eligibility, applications, funding & get your questions answered live. 🗓️ July 16 | 3–4 PM IST lnkd.in/g-Znaz2r 🗓️ July 17 | 8–9 PM IST…
📚 Today's #MondayRead celebrates women leading the mitigation of #AMR through research, education, advocacy & care. 🌎 Among these inspiring women is Dr. Maria Virginia Villegas from Colombia, #InfectiousDiseases physician, microbiologist & PI of an ICARS-supported project…
🎊The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (@CCAMP_India), with support from ICARS, has launched the One Health AMR Challenge 2025 to identify, support, and scale breakthrough technologies tackling Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) across human, animal, and environmental…
CCAMP @ICARS_global One Health AMR Challenge, under the aegis of the India AMR Innovation Hub (IAIH), is looking for globally impactful innovative technologies addressing the challenges of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) through the One Health approach by innovators from India and…
🌍 In June, ICARS team members travelled to Zambia & Zimbabwe to visit ICARS-supported projects promoting responsible antimicrobial use in livestock. 🤝 In Zambia, dialogue with the Ministry & Farmer Field School (FFS) visits showed progress - farmers are reducing preventive…
📍 On 2 June 2025, @ICARS_global and @ReActAfrica_RAN hosted a high-level roundtable on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) at the Hamburg Sustainability Conference. 🎯 The event convened global stakeholders to discuss translating political commitments, such as the 2024 UN Political…
📚 Today's #MondayRead dives into the #AMR crisis in #Bihar, India. 📊 Based on 48K+ samples (2022–2024) from 5 public hospitals, the study reveals resistance to key antibiotics & MRSA rates >65% in some sites. 💻 Introducing digital workflows led to a 4x rise in culture…
🎊 The One Health AMR Challenge 2025 is now open for applications! 🤝 ICARS is delighted to support and collaborate with @CCAMP_India under the aegis of the India AMR Innovation Hub (IAIH) to launch a new call for innovative, scalable solutions to address antimicrobial…
🌏 In June 2025, ICARS representatives Kristina Osbjer and Theresa Hogenhaug visited Japan to strengthen global collaboration on #AMR ➡️ bit.ly/44AnTER
🌍 ICARS' Quarterly Newsletter is out now! We're pleased to share the latest news from ICARS, where momentum continues to build across implementation research, global partnerships, and policy engagement to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR). 🔹 Denmark pledges USD 43M in…
📌 At #ICAN2025, @ICARS_global & @radboudumc hosted a pre-conference workshop on quality improvement & implementation research for AMS & IPC. 🌍 32 practitioners joined from across Africa. 🧩 Through an interactive case study, participants applied key frameworks for driving…
📚 Today's #MondayRead is a new study in PLOS Medicine presenting the largest retrospective analysis of antimicrobial resistance (#AMR) data from Africa (2016–2019). 📊 Drawing from 819,584 culture records across 205 labs in 14 countries, the study highlights: – High AMR in E.…
🌏 On 26 June 2025, Dr Kristina Osbjer and Theresa Hogenhaug represented @ICARS_global at the AMR session during Nordic Health Days at the Nordic Pavilion, #WorldExpo2025 in Osaka. 🗣️ Danish Minister Sophie Løhde opened the session, noting that antimicrobial resistance (#AMR)…
🌍 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. 🤝 ICARS also gathered African project teams to share experiences and help shape a forthcoming Resource…
📢 The new @FAOLivestock MOOC "Social and Behavioural Science to Address AMR in Agrifood Systems" explores how human behaviour shapes antimicrobial use in livestock systems, and how targeted behavioural interventions can reduce AMR risks. 🌍ICARS is proud to have contributed…
🚨 New course alert! Ready to tackle #AntimicrobialResistance in livestock from a behavioural science perspective? Our free and certified MOOC is now open for enrolment. 🌱Understand behaviours 💡Design smarter interventions 🐄Reduce AMR 👉Sign up today: bit.ly/AMRregistratio…
📚 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. Full study ➡️…
