An Analysis Of Networks And Education Resources Supporting Drug Resistant Infection Surveillance In Low And Middle Income Countries (360G-Wellcome-202962_Z_16_Z)

Proposal for an analysis of networks and education resources supporting drug resistant infection surveillance in low and middle income countries Applicant: Elizabeth Ashley MRCP (UK), FRCPath, PhD Organisation name: University of Oxford P art 1: Networks Objective: Identifying networks dealing with surveillance, monitoring and analysis of resistance in low and middle income countries, including networks supporting quality assurance, which currently exist or have existed over the last fifteen years, suggest factors which are important to achieving impact, success and sustainability. Background There is no readily accessible, comprehensive source of reliable data on antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Networks concerned with surveillance, monitoring and analysis of AMR in low and middle income countries (LMICs) may be national, regional or global. A number of networks and initiatives concerned with AMR have been established over the years, the majority of which have not survived [1,2]. Networks may adopt different approaches to surveillance, varying in terms of geographical coverage, restriction to isolates from normally sterile sites e.g. blood cultures only, or with a focus on single versus multiple pathogens. The choice of approach might reflect the public health priority of tackling a particular disease in an area, surveillance for epidemics, vaccine development by the pharmaceutical industry or a research agenda.