Strengthening expertise and bioinformatics to control antimicrobial resistance in West Africa
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a rapidly increasing global threat to human and animal health. AMR genes enable bacteria to become resistant to antibiotics used to treat human and animal infections. In West Africa, controlling the occurrence and transmission of AMR is challenging due socioeconomic constraints, lack of expertise, and inadequate facilities to educate the experts. Through SEBA, we strengthen the human and technical capacities of our partner universities so that they can provide high-quality education and train future experts in AMR management. Specifically, the project builds capacity to survey, characterize and control the spread of AMR in Benin and Burkina Faso.
