Brazil's Response to Antimicrobial Resistance: Challenges and Strategies for the SUS

• Grant number: 25/02643-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: April 01, 2025
• End date: March 31, 2027
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Collective Health - Public Health
• Principal Investigator: Elize Massard da Fonseca
• Grantee: Juliana Silva Corrêa
• Host Institution: Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo (EAESP). Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 21/10599-3 - The Antimicrobial Resistance Institute of São Paulo (The Aries Project), AP.CEPID
• Associated scholarship(s): 25/28760-6 - From Performative Alignment to Feasible Action: Pathways for Implementing AMR Interventions in Brazil's SUS, BE.EP.PD

Abstract

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an increasing threat to global public health. Although a global plan to contain AMR has been on the WHO agenda since 2015, substantial deficiencies in implementing the proposed actions persist in countries worldwide. One of the main barriers described in the literature is the lack of integration of AMR containment plans into national health system policies, resulting in fragmented and ineffective approaches.This postdoctoral project aims to analyze Brazil's response to antimicrobial resistance by investigating the challenges of building a national agenda and implementing coordinated policies within the Unified Health System (SUS). The project seeks to support policymakers and health system managers in designing, implementing, and evaluating innovative strategies to contain AMR, with a primary focus on the state of São Paulo.The research also aims to contribute to the establishment of an Advanced Center in AMR as part of the Cepid ARIES Project, to assist policymakers and health system managers in developing, implementing, and evaluating innovative strategies to combat AMR within the Unified Health System (SUS), with a particular focus on São Paulo state. Additionally, an international research mission will be conducted to strengthen academic partnerships and analyze the responses of other health systems to AMR, comparing local efforts with those of other countries and translating global initiatives (PAHO, WHO, OECD) into local practices.