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The International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions
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ICARS is a 🌍 #OneHealth research partnership supporting the co-development & implementation of context-specific & cost-effective solutions to mitigate #AMR in low- and middle-income countries.
Vaccination is a powerful, evidence-based tool against #AMR. 💉🐮🌱

By preventing infections in humans, animals, and ecosystems, vaccines cut antibiotic use and slow resistant bacteria.

Learn more: icars-global.org/what-we-do/v...

#GlobalHealth #ICARS #WAAW25
November 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
🌍 This #WAAW2025, we’re highlighting the vital role of strong Infection Prevention & Control in slowing AMR. Effective #IPC saves lives and reduces antibiotic use.

Learn more about our work- icars-global.org/what-we-do/i...

#AMR #InfectionPrevention #OneHealth #ICARS #GlobalHealth
November 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Diagnostic and #AntimicrobialStewardship are key components in global efforts to preserve antimicrobial effectiveness.

Find out more about stewardship in the explainer below, or by visiting our website 🔗 icars-global.org/what-we-do/d...

#WAAW25
November 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
🌎For #WAAW25, ICARS will be exploring #AMR themes, starting with #ClimateChange. Explore our climate-related projects on our refreshed website: icars-global.org/our-thematic...
November 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
📣 ICARS is looking for a Finance Assistant to join our growing team!

📍 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
💼 Position: Full-time, Administrative Officer
📅 Application deadline: 02/12/2025

Learn more about the role and apply ➡️ bit.ly/3JWtYAU

#Hiring #FinanceJobs #FinanceAssistant #WorkInDenmark
November 11, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Antimicrobial resistance links the health of people, animals, plants, and the environment. Stewardship is needed across the full antimicrobial lifecycle, from discovery to disposal.

Today’s #OneHealthDay #MondayRead outlines a One Health stewardship framework.

🔗Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3LcFLQ6 #AMR
November 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
📍 Earlier this month, an ICARS delegation travelled to Bangalore, India, to participate in the Grand Jury for the final selection of innovators responding to the joint ICARS–C-CAMP Call for Proposals for solutions to mitigate Antimicrobial Resistance.

Read more: bit.ly/4hF1jko #AMR #Innovation
October 31, 2025 at 10:52 AM
📚Today’s #MondayRead explores antimicrobial stewardship in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, where conflict, instability, and resource limitations make addressing #AMR challenging.

🌍The findings underscore the need for context-specific, collaborative & capacity-building approaches.
🔗 bit.ly/4oGYh1j
October 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
✍ In a new op-ed, Dr Sujith J. Chandy, ICARS’ Executive Director, reflects on why, in a time of shrinking global resources and rising challenges, efforts to address antimicrobial resistance #AMR) must do more with less, to deliver sustainable impact where it matters most.

Read more 🔗➡️bit.ly/47kr5FF
October 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Today's #MondayRead is the new @who.int
GLASS report, a crucial contribution to understanding and addressing the global threat of antimicrobial resistance (#AMR).

🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4qhPJiT

#AMR #GlobalHealth #Surveillance #OneHealth #AntimicrobialResistance #GLASS2025
October 20, 2025 at 11:08 AM
📚Today’s #MondayRead is a pilot study on surgical site infections (#SSIs) in Cameroon, shedding light on the incidence, risk factors, microbial spectrum and antimicrobial resistance (#AMR) patterns of SSIs in low-resource settings.

Read the full article➡️ bit.ly/4mWuNuY
October 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
📕 Today’s #MondayRead reviews the use of antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) in South Africa’s poultry industry, examining their its role in driving antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and the challenges of moving towards AGP-free production.

🔗Full article: bit.ly/3KXb8O8

#AMR #AnimalHealth
October 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM
📍 ICARS co-hosted the ReAct Asia Pacific Conference in Jakarta, Sept 2025—advancing One Health AMR action. From pre-conference exchanges to panels & posters, we connected diverse voices & built collaborations for sustainable AMR solutions. 🌏🤝 #AMR #OneHealth

Read more ➡️ bit.ly/42gY9wN
October 1, 2025 at 8:39 AM
📚 Today’s #MondayRead is the first evaluation of the ESCMID Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) Certificate programme, demonstrating its impact on advancing AMS expertise and practice worldwide.

🔗Full article: bit.ly/4mw4Gee

#ESCMID #AntimicrobialResistance #GlobalHealth #AntimicrobialStewardship
September 22, 2025 at 10:34 AM
👏 ICARS is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Shobha Shetty, Global Director for Agriculture and Food at the World Bank, to its Board of Directors.

Read more about the experience Dr. Shetty brings to ICARS, as well as reflections from the Board Chair, Dr Henrik Wegener ➡️🔗 bit.ly/3VkjrWy
September 16, 2025 at 9:49 AM
📕Today’s #MondayRead is a recent scoping review on how gender dynamics shape vulnerability and antimicrobial resistance outcomes, providing evidence to inform gender-responsive AMR policies, programmes, and interventions.

🔗Full article: bit.ly/46E1nwI

#AntimicrobialResistance #GlobalHealth #AMR
September 15, 2025 at 10:54 AM
📚 Today’s #MondayRead is a study protocol developed as part of the ICARS-supported project ‘Addressing antibiotic overuse through continuous quality improvement: developing and assessing stewardship interventions in primary care in Kosovo’.

🔗 bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/8...
September 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
💊 Inappropriate antibiotic prescription and consumption are contributing to the rise of #AMR in Pakistan.

💡An ICARS-supported project is working to improve prescribing practices and promote responsible antibiotic use in selected rural health centres in Punjab.

Learn more ⬇️🔗 bit.ly/4lXggP6
September 4, 2025 at 12:24 PM
📖 Today’s #MondayRead examines how inequities in health systems, resource allocation, and access to antimicrobials underpin patterns of antimicrobial resistance (#AMR) in low- and middle-income countries.

📄 Full article: lnkd.in/ejzFDrFH

#OneHealth #SustainableDevelopment #LMICS #GlobalHealth
August 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Today's #MondayRead from @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social introduces the Swiss cheese model of #AMR, showing how successive imperfect layers of defence, when aligned effectively, can reduce risk and prevent system failure.

🧀 Coordinated, multisectoral responses are essential.
📄 Read more🔗 bit.ly/3JnNXfb
August 18, 2025 at 9:35 AM
🔎 Project zoom-in: Reducing antimicrobial use in Chilean salmon farming

Read about the project ➡️ icars-global.org/projects/chi...

#OneHealth #AnimalHealth #AntimicrobialResistance #FoodSafety #SustainableSolutions #Aquaculture #SustainableAquaculture
August 12, 2025 at 10:46 AM
📚 This week’s #MondayRead is a systematic review examining #AMR in Klebsiella pneumoniae in South Africa, where AMR remains a growing yet understudied public health challenge.

➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
August 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
🌍 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
July 31, 2025 at 7:56 AM
📚 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...
July 28, 2025 at 6:58 AM
📚 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
July 21, 2025 at 8:11 AM