Strengthening monitoring systems for antimicrobial use and resistance in cattle farms using participatory, one-health and data management systems in South-Kivu Province, D.R. Congo (AMRAfrika)

The main aim of this AMRAfrika project is to develop an antimicrobial use (AMU) and resistance (AMR) assessment model in cattle production systems combining upstream participatory approaches in data gathering with current digital data management systems and online analyses and modelling techniques to support decision-making. The project will approach AMR risk assessment in a holistic way to provide timely, relevant decision support evidence on cattle disease occurrence and AMR risks at the nexus between environment-plant-livestock-human (One-health). This will enable stakeholders to take early decisions on potential threats to human and environmental health by zoonotic pathogens and antimicrobial residues/resistances. Hence, the project contributes to the goal of this call by improving monitoring and evaluation systems to occurrence and spread of diseases and specifically by the innovativeness of the method in the African context. The project is also in line with the BMEL “Afrika Konzept” area of action on food safety, plant and animal health, specifically the activity of bilateral and multilateral projects using One Health approach.