JPIAMR 13th Call Partner Search Tool

General Information

• Type: Partner looking for project
• Organisation: University of Nairobi
• Country: Kenya (KE)

Research area

• Scientific area(s):
  1. Understand the impact of interventions on development and transmission of AMR
  2. Design, implement, evaluate, and compare innovative interventions to control the development and transmission of AMR
• One Health Setting:

  Human Health

• Keywords:

  Antimicrobial resistance pharmacovigilance environmental Human Microbiology

• Brief description of your expertise / expertise you are looking for:

  Currently involved in a research intends to address the burden of AMR crisis at national and regional levels through microbiological surveillance and anthropological data using OneHealth approach to determine the reservoirs and drivers of antibiotic resistance in clinical settings and at the community level. Previously designed studies that have focused on antimicrobial resistance in clinical samples as well as of zoonotic and of environmental origin: Drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, zoonotic TB, Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus from healthcare workers, Carbapenemase genes among Multidrug Resistant Enterobacteriaceae in the critical care units, Escherichia coli and Klebsiella strains as indicators for antimicrobial resistance among isolates recovered from garbage and dumpsites.

• Brief description of your project / the project you would like to join:

  Interested in project that is focused on looking at AMR drivers from humans, animals and environment in generating data form LMIC

Winnie Chepkurui Mutai

• Organisation: University of Nairobi
• Position: Tutorial Fellow
• E-mail: winny@uonbi.ac.ke
• Phone: +254724886584