The Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy

The Global Antibiotic Resistance Partnership (GARP) will develop actionable policy proposals on antibiotic resistance for four low- and middle-income countries: India, Kenya, South Africa, and Vietnam. Proposals will identify weaknesses in how antibiotics are developed, regulated, and managed, and how well countries track antibiotic use and resistance. The expertise and capacity developed in these initial five countries will become the core of a wider partnership involving other low- and middle-income countries to create greater awareness among national policymakers about the need for policies to control antibiotic resistance as part of a worldwide effort.

GARP is a project of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy. The GARP secretariat works collaboratively with partner organizations and national working groups in each of the four focus countries.

GARP phase 1 culminated in the 1st Global Forum on Bacterial Infections: Balancing Treatment Access and Antibiotic Resistance on October 3-5, 2011, in New Delhi, India. http://www.globalbacteria.org