Information

36 avenue Pasteur, BP220, Dakar
Senegal | Website

Date of designation

13 August 2021

Areas of work 

• Surveillance One Health of AMR
• External quality assessment for AMR detection
• Education and Training on AMR
• Transmission of AMR bacteria
• Genetics of AMR
• Governance of AMR

Key activities

• Develop/review/contribute to One Health AMR curricula for various stakeholders and sectors
• Development and delivery of postgraduate courses on AMR
• Isolation and characterization of AMR bacteria from humans, animals, food and environment
• Training of local microbiology laboratories staff in AMR testing and AST interpretation
• Study of transmission routes of pathogenic bacteria from animals, food and environment to humans
• Detection and characterization of AMR genes from whole genome sequencing data
• Support in capacity development for bacteriology, antimicrobial susceptibility testing, data collection and management, interpretation and reporting of AMR, AMU, and residues data
• organization of a proficiency testing program for susceptibility testing for a selection of priority pathogens, commensals and indicators such as Salmonella, Campylobacter, E. coli, Enterococci, etc.
• Train IPD experts to become FAO-ATLASS assessors;
• Study of horizontal transfer of AMR genes
• Participation to the Senegalese Global Health Security Agenda committees 

Working languages

• English
• French