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DxAMR featured in The Lancet Digital Health
The DxAMR Collaborative is featured in a recent commentary published in The Lancet Digital Health titled The global Dx AMR collaborative: an approach to strengthen the role of diagnostics in combating antimicrobial resistance. The article sets out the case for strengthening the role of diagnostics in global efforts to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR), highlighting the…
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DxAMR featured in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
The DxAMR Collaborative has been profiled in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, which spotlighted the growing momentum behind a global effort to ensure diagnostics take their rightful place at the heart of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) strategies worldwide. The piece highlights why our work matters, the coalition powering it, and the challenges and opportunities ahead as we…
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DxAMR Secretariat announced
WACCBIP at the University of Ghana has been selected as the inaugural Secretariat of the DxAMR Collaborative. As Secretariat, WACCBIP (the West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens) will provide administrative, logistical, and coordination support to help drive the Collaborative’s work forward. The appointment reflects DxAMR’s commitment to equity and leadership from low-…
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DxAMR publishes new vision paper
DxAMR publishes its first Vision Paper, setting out a global roadmap for advancing diagnostics against antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The paper outlines how the Collaborative will accelerate access to, and effective use of, diagnostics worldwide – a critical but underfunded and underused tool in the response to AMR. It highlights priority areas for action, from supporting…
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Inaugural Senior Technical Coordinator appointed to develop DxAMR
Dr Cecilia Ferreyra has been appointed Senior Technical Coordinator for DxAMR, where she will oversee the establishment of a new global platform designed to strengthen the role of diagnostics in addressing antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The DxAMR Collaborative, supported by the Fleming Initiative, brings together partners from across the AMR and diagnostics landscape. Its aim is…
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DxAMR statement on UK Government’s Fleming Fund decision
The DxAMR Collaborative notes the disappointing news of the UK Government’s decision to discontinue funding for their Fleming Fund programme, bringing it to a close. We anticipate this will have negative repercussions, potentially jeopardizing locally-led efforts in low- and middle-income countries that are working to develop capacity in microbiology and capability to use diagnostic tests to guide antibiotic use. We believe that this makes the…
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DxAMR launches new global diagnostics collaboration
A new global collaboration has been formed to accelerate access to and effective use of diagnostics in the global effort to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The new initiative, called DxAMR, will aim to address the urgent need for a collaborative approach to scale up the use of diagnostics to address AMR. The collaboration, convened at…