USAID taps CHAI, GETF to launch coalition that will test innovative approaches to address antimicrobial resistance in low- and middle-income countries

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) tapped the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) and the Global Environment and Technology Foundation (GETF) to lead a new coalition to address critical antimicrobial resistance (AMR) challenges faced globally and, most acutely, in low- and middle-income countries.

The new coalition, the Antimicrobial Resistance Access and Stewardship Initiative (AMRASI), is a groundbreaking initiative that will use a sustainable, market-driven approach to address critical gaps in access to diagnostics and antimicrobials while incentivizing their appropriate use in low- and middle-income countries. AMRASI is assembling multi-sectoral stakeholders to design and implement a “proof of concept” pilot to assess the feasibility of a market-based approach that increases access to urgently needed, quality assured, diagnostics and antimicrobials using market shaping instruments, while concurrently promoting stewardship through outcomes-based finance interventions. Following a series of convenings to align on these key pilot areas, the coalition aims to mobilize and launch the targeted pilot to test the model in up to two low- and middle-income countries.