AMR describes the situation when infections agents – including bacteria and parasites such as malaria – become resistant to the medicines used to treat them. The DOSA programme – Diagnostics for One Health and User Driven Solutions for AMR – brings together nine leading academic institutions, five from India and four from the UK.
Rapid diagnostic tools are either unavailable, too expensive or do not fit people’s needs, which leads to antibiotics being used in a trial and error fashion. The three-year DOSA programme will begin with a meeting of the project group on 24-25 September at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
The project is jointly funded by UK Research and Innovation/Economic and Social Research Council, the Newton Fund, and Government of India’s Department of Biotechnology.
Lead researcher Dr Till Bachmann, of the University of Edinburgh’s Division of Infection and Pathway Medicine, said: “DOSA gives us the exceptional possibility to create a deep understanding between user needs and diagnostics innovation.