Global Antimicrobial Resistance Prevention and Control
The rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is considered a global patient safety issue and a major public health concern. Compounding the threat of AMR, hospital acquired infections further contribute to adverse patient outcomes, and in many instances are caused by highly resistant organisms.
Effective systems, policies, and procedures to accurately detect, monitor, and prevent AMR and hospital acquired infections are essential. These systems include robust laboratory-based surveillance of priority pathogens, effective infection prevention and control practices, strong antimicrobial stewardship, and facility-based surveillance of hospital acquired infections.
Building the capacity to implement and sustain these systems and practices is thus critical to effectively respond to the public health threats posed by AMR.
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Focus Areas
Communicable Disease Prevention, Global Health -
Issues
Rural Health -
Expertise
Quality Improvement, Technical Assistance
Projects
Completed Projects
- Antimicrobial Resistance Transmission Associated with Small-scale Food-Animal Production
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Community acquired antimicrobial resistance (AMR) constitutes an increasingly critical human health threat. We have identified small-scale food-animal production animals (i.e. livestock raised for meat and dairy products), where antimicrobials are regularly used for growth promotion, disease prevention and/or disease treatment, to be associated with community acquired AMR in humans. This study will measure the extent to which AMR spills over from food-animals to young children and elucidate the risk factors that increase AMR transmission. The study will also quantify the biological mechanisms – clonal dissemination versus horizontal gene transfer – that affect the spread of AMR between food-animals and young children.
- India Antimicrobial Resistance Detection, Prevention and Control Program
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The goal of this project is to support CDC India and the Tamil Nadu Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine to expand infection prevention control (IPC) activities to selected primary health centers in the state. Additionally, we will work with our partners to specifically target reductions in maternal and neonatal infections in currently supported district hospitals.
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