WASH and biosecurity interventions to reduce the burden of infections and AMR
Channel: OH4HEAL Project
Date: 2021-04-05

WASH and biosecurity interventions to reduce the burden of infections and AMR in animal agricultural settings. 
The prevention and control of infections is essential in addressing the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in human health, food production and the environment. How best to address this through a One Health perspective remains a challenge. Chris Pinto, Research Fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), through a systematic review, identified and synthesised evidence from interventions that are designed to improve water, hygiene, sanitation (WASH), and biosecurity in animal agriculture and in people that live and/or work with animals. 

Chris Pinto (D.V.M, MSc. in One Health, PhD) is a veterinarian by training, with 15 years of experience in microbiological and molecular diagnosis of animal diseases including detection of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Her research has focused on animal bacterial infections, AMR, and zoonoses such as Salmonellosis and Leptospirosis. She has worked closely with farmers and communities in the Peruvian highlands, identifying determinants of infection in animals and humans. She has participated in AMR projects that accounted for the social and environmental determinants of infections, and investigated how AMR awareness might influence antimicrobial use. Currently, Chris is a Research Fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) conducting research on AMR in animal agricultural settings applying a One Health approach.