The Public Health Surveillance Group (PHSG) is a global health consulting group based in the United States. PHSG provides services and support to initiatives in public health surveillance, global health security, research, and monitoring & evaluation. PHSG strives to improve health systems and generate high-quality data to equip decision-makers with the information necessary to reduce morbidity and mortality. PHSG collaborates with leading public health organizations and local governments in over 20 countries in Africa and Asia to enhance vertical and integrated surveillance strategies and systems. PHSG, led by Dr. William MacWright, are also part of the consortium for the IVI-led CAPTURA project, providing support for in-country activities, and expertise in the development of protocols, training modules and monitoring (see https://captura.ivi.int/), also supported by the Fleming Fund (https://www.flemingfund.org/grants/1-4-collection-of-historical-amr-data-sea/).
The WHONET microbiology database software is already actively used in most CAPTURA countries, capturing and standardizing data from diverse laboratory information systems into a common platform, facilitating integrated management, analysis, and interpretation of microbiological findings. John Stelling and the rest of the WHONET development team at Brigham & Women’s Hospital will be supporting data collection and collation from sites that use WHONET and support the in-country capacity-building.
Prof. David Aanensen and the team from the Big Data Institute, University of Oxford have developed global methods for epidemiological data linkage (https://microreact.org) to enable the analyses and visualization of very large datasets. Their expertise will guide the collection and analysis of datasets (including genomic data), interpretation, visualization, and delivery tools.
The Fleming Fund is a £265 million UK aid investment to tackle antimicrobial resistance in low- and middle-income countries around the world. The programme is managed by the UK Department of Health and Social Care, in partnership with Mott MacDonald, the Fleming Fund Grant Management Agent.
The Evidence to Policy and Impact unit within the Research for Health Department, Science Division, at World Health Organization (WHO) Headquarters is led by Tanja Kuchenmüller. The unit bridges the gap between research and policy to improve global health outcomes by coordinating the Evidence-Informed Policy Network (EVIPNet), which strengthens countries’ capacity and infrastructure to systematically integrate evidence into decision-making. This includes engagement processes, such as deliberative dialogues with stakeholders and citizens, to build trust in science, increase accountability of policy processes, and ensure health policies are responsive to public needs. Additionally, the unit shapes the global research agenda on evidence use, aiming to enhance efficiencies and maximize research impact in policymaking and implementation.
Public Health Surveillance Group
The Public Health Surveillance Group (PHSG) is a global health consulting group based in the United States. PHSG provides services and support to initiatives in public health surveillance, global health security, research, and monitoring & evaluation. PHSG strives to improve health systems and generate high-quality data to equip decision-makers with the information necessary to reduce morbidity and mortality. PHSG collaborates with leading public health organizations and local governments in over 20 countries in Africa and Asia to enhance vertical and integrated surveillance strategies and systems. PHSG, led by Dr. William MacWright, are also part of the consortium for the IVI-led CAPTURA project, providing support for in-country activities, and expertise in the development of protocols, training modules and monitoring (see https://captura.ivi.int/), also supported by the Fleming Fund (https://www.flemingfund.org/grants/1-4-collection-of-historical-amr-data-sea/).
Public Health Surveillance Group
The Public Health Surveillance Group (PHSG) is a global health consulting group based in the United States. PHSG provides services and support to initiatives in public health surveillance, global health security, research, and monitoring & evaluation. PHSG strives to improve health systems and generate high-quality data to equip decision-makers with the information necessary to reduce morbidity and mortality. PHSG collaborates with leading public health organizations and local governments in over 20 countries in Africa and Asia to enhance vertical and integrated surveillance strategies and systems. PHSG, led by Dr. William MacWright, are also part of the consortium for the IVI-led CAPTURA project, providing support for in-country activities, and expertise in the development of protocols, training modules and monitoring (see https://captura.ivi.int/), also supported by the Fleming Fund (https://www.flemingfund.org/grants/1-4-collection-of-historical-amr-data-sea/).
Public Health Surveillance Group
The Public Health Surveillance Group (PHSG) is a global health consulting group based in the United States. PHSG provides services and support to initiatives in public health surveillance, global health security, research, and monitoring & evaluation. PHSG strives to improve health systems and generate high-quality data to equip decision-makers with the information necessary to reduce morbidity and mortality. PHSG collaborates with leading public health organizations and local governments in over 20 countries in Africa and Asia to enhance vertical and integrated surveillance strategies and systems. PHSG, led by Dr. William MacWright, are also part of the consortium for the IVI-led CAPTURA project, providing support for in-country activities, and expertise in the development of protocols, training modules and monitoring (see https://captura.ivi.int/), also supported by the Fleming Fund (https://www.flemingfund.org/grants/1-4-collection-of-historical-amr-data-sea/).
Public Health Surveillance Group
The Public Health Surveillance Group (PHSG) is a global health consulting group based in the United States. PHSG provides services and support to initiatives in public health surveillance, global health security, research, and monitoring & evaluation. PHSG strives to improve health systems and generate high-quality data to equip decision-makers with the information necessary to reduce morbidity and mortality. PHSG collaborates with leading public health organizations and local governments in over 20 countries in Africa and Asia to enhance vertical and integrated surveillance strategies and systems. PHSG, led by Dr. William MacWright, are also part of the consortium for the IVI-led CAPTURA project, providing support for in-country activities, and expertise in the development of protocols, training modules and monitoring (see https://captura.ivi.int/), also supported by the Fleming Fund (https://www.flemingfund.org/grants/1-4-collection-of-historical-amr-data-sea/).
The Fleming Fund Regional Grants: IVI Projects
The UK Government established the Fleming Fund to respond to the global threat of AMR. The Fleming Fund Regional Grants include a “call for data,” which aims to expand the volume of historical and current data available on AMR and antimicrobial use (AMU) across regions in Africa and Asia. The Regional Grants programme runs in parallel with the Country Grants and Fellowship Scheme grants across the four Fleming Fund regions: West, East, and Southern Africa, and South and South-East Asia. The purpose is to collect historical AMR data and boost the impact of the Country and Fellowship grants through regional initiatives. There are 12 regional grants, each with a different focus, e.g., improving data protocols, strengthening political AMR advocacy, improving regional AMR training and networks. IVI is involved in three regional grants: the RADAAR project, and the following:
IVI is the lead grantee for the CAPTURA consortium—with the same partners as RADAAR—and in charge of the overall work including organizing stakeholder meetings and in-country and regional training and workshops. CAPTURA started in 2019 and is focused on human health, in South and South-East Asia. It was established to collect and analyze retrospective AMR/AMU data; improve local capacity to collect and use data at the national, regional, and global level; identify gaps in data from regions; and improve awareness of AMR policy to address AMR at country and regional level. Countries involved are: Laos PDR, Myanmar, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, and Viet Nam (see https://captura.ivi.int/ and https://www.flemingfund.org/grants/1-4-collection-of-historical-amr-data-sea/).
IVI is a consortium partner, with the Technical University Denmark as the lead grantee for the EQASIA project, based on lab proficiency and quality assurance. The project objectives are: to map coverage, availability and uptake of external quality assurance (EQA) programs across One Health sectors, and to strengthen the provision of EQA services to National Reference Laboratories/Centers of Excellence across One Health sectors. Countries involved are: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Laos PDR, Pakistan, Timor-Leste, Pakistan, and Papua New Guinea (see https://www.flemingfund.org/grants/2-2-improving-the-quality-of-bacteriology-diagnostics-for-amr-asia/).
