AR Solutions in Action - Fiscal Year 2023

Food Safety projects protect communities by rapidly identifying antimicrobial-resistant foodborne bacteria to stop and solve outbreaks and improve prevention.
Funding Amount: $182,935
New York City, New York, uses whole genome sequencing to track local outbreaks of Listeria, Salmonella, Campylobacter, Shigella, and Escherichia coli, identifies AR genes, and shares surveillance data with PulseNet. When outbreaks are detected, local CDC-supported epidemiologists respond to stop their spread.

Drug-resistant Gonorrhea Detect & Respond Program works with state and local epidemiology and laboratory partners to test for and quickly respond to resistant gonorrhea to stop its spread in high-risk communities. Only one recommended treatment option remains for gonorrhea and resistance to other antibiotics continues to grow.
Funding Amount: $959,864
Strengthening the U.S. Response to Resistant Gonorrhea (SURRG) tests for and responds to antimicrobial-resistant gonorrhea cases in high-burden communities. The STD Surveillance Network (SSuN) monitors adherence to national gonorrhea treatment guidelines for patients diagnosed and reported with gonorrhea from all provider settings across funded jurisdictions. This work is supported by CDC STI, AR, and HIV funds.

Global Migration, Border Interventions, and Migrant Health Programs support state partner efforts to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, including drug-resistant tuberculosis, into the United States.
Funding Amount: $50,000
Experts conduct surveillance and outbreak investigations for tuberculosis (TB) among populations seeking asylum in the United States and currently living in shelters and other similar facilities. These efforts help to determine rates of TB among this population.

New York City Health + Hospitals: Innovative Prevention & Tracking
Funding Amount: $425,239
CDC’s Project Firstline is a collaborative of diverse partners that provides engaging, innovative, and effective IPC training for U.S. healthcare workers and the public health workforce. It offers resources in a variety of formats to meet the diverse learning needs and preferences of the healthcare workforce. Partners host events, create tools, and publish resources that help healthcare workers better understand and correctly implement IPC.
Learn more: www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/projectfirstline

ICAP at Columbia University: Global Expertise & Capacity Enhancements
Funding Amount: $485,000
CDC’s global work to combat AR helps prevent the importation of AR threats into the United States. Experts implement activities to combat the spread of AR in Ukraine in collaboration with the Ukraine Ministry of Health, including improving diagnostic capacity to detect AR, enhancing IPC practices to prevent surgical site infections and AR transmission, and ensuring antibiotic access and appropriate use.

ICAP at Columbia University: Global Expertise & Capacity Enhancements
Funding Amount: $200,000
CDC’s global work to combat AR helps prevent the importation of AR threats into the United States. Experts support the Global Healthcare Detection and Response (DARE) AR Project in Kenya to improve detection, monitoring, and mitigation of AR. They also estimate the AR burden, enhance surveillance, improve antibiotic stewardship, and develop quality improvement capacity for antibiotic use and IPC.

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