Category Research project
  • Mikrobiologie

African One Health Network for Disease Prevention: Building capacity for communicable disease prevention across sub Saharan Africa

Project status
In Progress
Project start
Feb 2023
Project end
Dec 2027
Acronym
ADAPT
Department
Biologische Sicherheit

Description and Objective

Although African institutions have demonstrated their ability to detect and control outbreaks of communicable diseases, communicable disease prevention across sub-Saharan Africa remains a major challenge. The mission of this project is to build capacity in sub-Saharan Africa to develop and strengthen the prevention of intractable communicable diseases - in particular neglected tropical diseases (NTD) and antimicrobial resistance (AMRshort forAntimicrobial resistance) - using a one-health and complex adaptive systems approaches and in Working with national governments and local and regional stakeholders. This project will fulfill six broad core tasks that will develop the capacity to prevent communicable diseases across sub-Saharan Africa, including: screening for AMRshort forAntimicrobial resistance in humans, livestock and poultry; employing surveillance and genetic mapping of circulating AMRshort forAntimicrobial resistance strains; Studying the relationships between NTD and AMRshort forAntimicrobial resistance to better understand co-infection between pathogens; Development of capacities for diagnostics of AMRshort forAntimicrobial resistance and NTDs using mobile test systems for field use; Identifying the use and impact of antimicrobial use during the Covid-19 pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa; and preventing the transmission of communicable diseases by introducing sanitation practices at the human-animal-environment interface and building capacity and competencies in AMRshort forAntimicrobial resistance stewardship..
Type of project

Third-party funded project

Research focus

Gesundheit von Mensch, Tier und Umwelt (One Health)

Organisational units and partners

Lead specialist group: Epidemiologie, Zoonosen und Antibiotikaresistenz (43)
Contact persons: Prof. Dr. Annemarie Käsbohrer
External partner: University of Global Health Equity, Makerere University, Institut für Tierhygiene und öffentliches Veterinärwesen

Funding body and grant number

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
01KA2218A

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