Projects funded through the Global AMR Innovation Fund (GAMRIF) will primarily benefit people in LMICs, where the burden of drug-resistant infection is greater.

Through InnoVet-AMR, IDRC and DHSC aim to achieve two main objectives: (1) support research that will identify innovative veterinary solutions, including vaccines and alternative solutions, to reduce the use of antimicrobials in livestock and aquaculture operations in LMICs; (2) build effective partnerships to better coordinate discovery, development and sustainable delivery of affordable innovative veterinary solutions to reduce the use of antimicrobials in livestock and aquaculture operations in LMICs.

InnoVet-AMR is a partnership between DHSC and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) aimed at reducing the emerging risk that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in animals poses to global health and food security. InnoVet-AMR will fund research to develop new animal vaccines and other innovations to fight AMR in livestock (swine and poultry) and aquaculture production, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).