Operationalising a One Health approach to reduce the infection and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) burden in under-5 year old urban slum dwellers: The Childhood Infections and Pollution (CHIP) Consortium

Logan Manikam; Yasmin Bou Karim; Yebeen Ysabelle Boo; Shereen Allaham; Ria Marwaha; Priti Parikh; Monica Lakhanpaul; Childhood Infections and Pollution Consortium

doi:10.1016/j.onehlt.2020.100144

Operationalising a One Health approach to reduce the infection and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) burden in under-5 year old urban slum dwellers: The Childhood Infections and Pollution (CHIP) Consortium

One Health. 2020 May 27:10:100144. doi: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2020.100144. eCollection 2020 Dec.

Authors

Logan Manikam^{1

2}, Yasmin Bou Karim^{1

3}, Yebeen Ysabelle Boo^{1

3

2}, Shereen Allaham^{1

2}, Ria Marwaha⁴, Priti Parikh⁵, Monica Lakhanpaul^{3

6}; Childhood Infections and Pollution Consortium

Affiliations

¹ Aceso Global Health Consultants Limited, London, UK.
² Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care, London, UK.
³ Population, Policy and Practice Department, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK.
⁴ School of Medicine, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
⁵ Engineering for International Development Centre, Civil Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College of London, UK.
⁶ Whittington Health NHS Trust, London, UK.

Abstract

The WHO advocates the use of a One Health approach to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR), focusing on integrating human, animal and environmental health factors. Nevertheless, there is a dearth of AMR research investigating the complexity of down and upstream factors across the One Health spectrum, especially in resource-deprived settings. The Childhood Infections and Pollution Consortium (CHIP) was designed to reduce the burden of childhood infections and AMR in urban slums, particularly in low-and middle-income countries, using One Health and technology-enabled Citizen Science approaches. Currently operationalized in three countries; India, Indonesia and Chile; CHIP is composed of interdisciplinary academics, healthcare professionals, veterinarians, international and local non-governmental organisations, current and former policymakers, local artists and community champions, amongst others. The CHIP Consortium invites collaborations for evidence-driven research, targeted investment and co-development of interventions in slums. We will host our third annual consortium workshop in Hong Kong in 2021 to build on our current work and explore new avenues to tackle childhood infections and AMR.

Keywords: Antimicrobial resistance; Child health; Infectious diseases; One health; Pollution; Slums.

Publication types

Editorial

Grants and funding

NIHR300020/DH_/Department of Health/United Kingdom