Session Lead: Kadir Abdella, Jimma University Institute of Health
Session Title: Pathogen Genomic Surveillance of Bacterial Colonization: Implication for Antimicrobial Resistance Containment

Brief Description: AMR is a mircoorganism’s acquired or inherited resistance to drugs/treatments and is one of the world’s biggest health threats. In Eastern Sub-Saharan Africa, approximately 21.4 deaths per 100,000 are attributable to AMR. The main challenges in Ethiopia are surveillance and the focus primarily on isolated clinical infections. Pathogen genomic surveillance is poised to solve these major challenges for better yields in detection and identification, abundance of AMR genes and mutations, and facilitate the detection of emerging AMR strains.

PowerPoint available: Pathogen Genomic Surveillance Presentation (PDF). If you have any questions about the session, please email Lea Liekefedt.