17th JPIAMR transnational call for research projects - AMR Interventions 2024 (IMPACT)

General Information

• Project title: Reducing AMR through targeted mass information sharing and cost evaluation.
• Type: Project looking for partner
• Organisation: University of Ghana
• Country: Ghana (GH)
• Career stage: Early Career Researcher (up to 8 years** since PhD).

Research area

• Scientific area(s) of the call:
  1. Topic 2: Improve and/or, compare and/or evaluate strategies, technologies, treatments, methods, protocols or data collection based on existing interventions, aiming to prevent or reduce the emergence or spread of antibacterial or antifungal resistance or to treat/cure infections caused by resistant bacteria/fungi and recommend new policies.
• Subtopics:
  1. Improve and/or compare and/ or evaluate the effectiveness of existing interventions (e.g. cost effectiveness clinical utility, socio-economic adaptability, reducing AMR emergence, spread, transmission, treatment etc.)
  2. Identify the barriers to uptake, including factors leading to the success or failure of previously run pilot interventions, and when applicable design solutions to overcome them.

• One Health Setting:

  Human Health

  Animal Health (incl. wildlife, livestock, acquatic organisms, and companion animals)

• Keywords:

  AMR prevention; mass communication; intervention; cost-effectiveness evaluation

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

  I am looking for expertise in AMR mass communication intervention design and evaluation.

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

  The project aims to evaluate the combined effect of AMR mass communication intervention design to enhance appropriate antibiotic use for human and animal health to reduce the spread of AMR in two municipalities in Ghana.

Dr Evans Otieku

• Organisation: University of Ghana
• Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
• E-mail: eotieku@st.ug.edu.gh
• Phone: 0242529211