JPIAMR 13th Call Partner Search Tool

General Information

• Type: Partner looking for project
• Organisation: University of Cape Town
• Country: South Africa (ZA)

Research area

• Scientific area(s):
  1. Understand the impact of interventions on development and transmission of AMR
• One Health Setting:

  Human Health

• Keywords:

  Gonorrhoea,syphils antibiotics azythromycin

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

  I am looking for an individual with the medical training background in medicine who can be the study principle investigator. In Kenya it is an individual with the medical training who can lead a clinical study and this is an individual I am look forward to collaborate with in this project

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

  We would like to do the molecular epidemiology of the Gonorrhoea in Kenya and to assess the sensitivity of this bacteria to the available drugs that are in use in Kenya. We also plan to look at the metapromic profiles of the individuals infected with Gonorrhoea and to compare this with the healthy individuals to look at the potential biomarkers which can be used to infer the potential drug resistance in the Kenyan population. The findings in this project will be used to inform the national policy in treatment and management of the Gonorrhoea in Kenya.

Javan Ochieng Okendo

• Organisation: University of Cape Town
• Position: Research Associate
• E-mail: javanokendo@gmail.com
• Phone: +27737903893