JPI-StARE (Stopping Antibiotic Resistance Evolution in the Environment)

JPI-StARE (Stopping Antibiotic Resistance Evolution in the Environment)

As part of the JPI Water, a European initiative, which is supported by various national institutions (amongst others the BMBF) the EU-project JPI-StARE’s aim is, regarding municipal wastewater treatment plants, to stop the evolution of antibiotic resistance and their distribution into the environment. Within the StARE-project a wide range of scientists from different nations are working.

The development and dissemination of clinically relevant antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest challenges in public health care. The increased occurrence of antimicrobial resistant pathogens is considered by the WHO (World Health Organization) as a growing threat.

The objectives of Stare include the following points:

1.  Antibiotics and resistance in treated wastewater

·     Characterizing the treated effluent in different European regions in terms of antibiotics, antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARBs) and antibiotic resistance gene (ARGs)

·      Harmonization of experimental procedures

2.    2. Advanced treatment technologies for the removal of antibiotics, antibiotic resistant bacteria and resistance    genes from wastewater

·       Minimize the overall loads of ARBs and ARGs

·       Effects of antimicrobial residues or their transformation products in the effluent

·       Cost-effective for end-users in terms of implementation, operation and maintenance

3.    3. Effects of wastewater treatments on the microbiome and resistome

·        Is there a selection of harmful organisms and resistance genes due to the different treatments

4.    4.Communication and dissemination and guideline development

Link: https://stareeurope.wordpress.com/