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• (To be announced): International master's degree Programme in Antimicrobial Stewardship (IMPAS)

A two-year hands-on capacity training programme for Sub-Saharan Africa on the theory and application of leadership roles in antimicrobial stewardship that cuts across the multidisciplinary fields of epidemiology, public health, animal health and environmental protection.

• A retrospective cohort study on the assessment of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines impact on antibiotic resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae associated invasive disease among Cameroonian children (2003 - 2024).

This research project is supported by grants from the International Society of Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases (ISPPD) Second Round Robert Austrian Research Awards (RARA). The project's aims include:

1) To evaluate trends antimicrobial non-susceptibility to Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes among children under-five years old admitted with bacterial meningitis after PCV13 introduction;

2) To assess the prevalence of Streptococcus pneumoniae multidrug resistance serotypes associated with bacterial meningitis among commonly used antimicrobials between the pre- and post-PCV13 periods.

3) To determine if genomic sequencing data on Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes harbour any resistant genotype to commonly used antimicrobials, as well as how this is distributed between the PCV13-serotypes and non-PCV13 serotypes