Lecture
Una Europa–Africa Seed Funding Lecture | Scaling AMR action in Africa: Beyond action plans to impact
Event information
Date & location
From 1:00pm to 2:00pm CEST
Online/Walter lecture room, Helsingin yliopisto Viikki campus
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Join Professor Thumbi Mwangi of the University of Nairobi (Kenya) for this special lecture introducing antimicrobial resistance in Africa, and explore future perspectives on Europe-Africa collaboration in antimicrobial resistance surveillance, research and education.
This lecture is held as part of the Global Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance: tools, technologies and methods (GLOSAR) project – an initiative made possible by Una Europa–Africa Partnership Seed Funding.
The development of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an increasingly serious threat to global public health and requires action across all government sectors and societies. Global actions are running to combat AMR, especially in low- and middle-income countries which are particularly affected by the problem.
Co-working between countries and continents; modelling the drivers of the AMR; building AMR surveillance capacity; and improving AMR awareness are crucial to strengthen the possibilities to prevent the development and spread of AMR.
Inter-continental collaboration plays a key role in combatting AMR. As part of the Global Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance: tools, technologies and methods (GLOSAR) project, sparked by seed funding from the Una Europa–Africa partnership, Professor Thumbi Mwangi (University of Nairobi, Kenya) shares insights from scaling AMR actions in Africa.
Professor Mwangi is an infectious disease epidemiologist combining classical epidemiology, applied epidemiological modelling and data science to improve the speed and quality of policy decision-making in human and animal health. His research programme conducts population-based studies, statistical and mathematical tools to understand the epidemiology and optimise surveillance and control of zoonotic diseases.
About the GLOSAR project
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change over time and no longer respond to medicines. AMR is an increasingly serious threat to global public health, especially in low- and middle-income countries.
The GLOSAR (Global surveillance of antimicrobial resistance: tools, technologies and methods) project aims to tackle the spread of AMR by strengthening multidisciplinary education and research, raising awareness, and building networks between European and African universities to tackle AMR from a one health perspective.
Una Europa–Africa Partnership Seed Funding
This lecture is held as part of the GLOSAR project – an initiative made possible by Una Europa–Africa Partnership Seed Funding.
The Una Europa–Africa Partnership unites the Una Europa alliance with eight African universities (Eduardo Mondlane University; Kampala International University; Makerere University; University of Ghana; University of Johannesburg; Université de Kinshasa; University of Nairobi; University of the Witwatersrand) to achieve a common vision: building a vibrant community of researchers across Europe and Africa to address global challenges.