One Health on Two Wheels: From Thessaloniki to Stockholm to Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance and Build Microbiology Capacity in Mbujimayi, DRC
June 5, 2026 @ 10:30 – 12:00 CEST
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global health threat with major epidemiological consequences across human, animal, and environmental health.
This lecture will first outline the current global burden and trends of AMR. It will then explore key drivers of rising resistance through a One Health lens, explaining how interconnected systems—medicine, veterinary practice, agriculture, and the environment—contribute to its emergence and spread. Particular attention will be given to low-resource settings, where the impact of AMR is greatest and diagnostic capacity remains limited. Field data from Nigeria, including work conducted with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), will illustrate these challenges.
Finally, the lecture presents a trans-European bicycle initiative from Thessaloniki to Stockholm, designed to foster cross-sector dialogue along the North–South AMR gradient while raising funds through a crowdfunding campaign to support the implementation of microbiology laboratory capacity in Mbujimayi, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Speaker
Prof. Dimitri Van der Linden, pediatric infectious diseases specialist, specialized pediatrics service, Pediatric Department, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
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VENUE: BioClinicum, J3:11, Birger & Margareta Blombäck. Solnavägen 30, 171 64 Solna
ORGANIZER: DDLS Fellow Andrea Fossati, KI. Susanna Brighenti, KI.
CONTACT FOR QUESTIONS: Andrea.fossati@scilifelab.se
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