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One Health AMR Research

Read about various research initiatives and programmes to improve understanding of AMR in Singapore

Last updated 27 November 2025

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The AMR Research Landscape in Singapore
One Health AMR Research Programme

The AMR Research Landscape in Singapore

Research helps to fill knowledge gaps, improve understanding of the AMR situation, and enhance tools and measures needed to help control this complex problem. AMRCO serves as the national body to coordinate One Health AMR research across the human, animal, food and environment sectors, and funding of One Health AMR research.

Along with improving our understanding of resistance development, it is necessary to be informed of the gaps in evidence so that resources for research could be allocated appropriately.

AMRCO monitors Singapore’s AMR research landscape to understand the current research trends and topics, and local research expertise. This helps to identify research opportunities, foster collaborations among scientists across sectors, and support the development of novel tools, strategies, and methods to address AMR. The first comprehensive review of AMR research articles published by Singapore's research community from 2009 to 2019 has been completed, and the findings provided important insights to prioritise One Health AMR research efforts. The charts below show trends of AMR research published from 2009 to 2019:

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One Health AMR Research Programme

The One Health Antimicrobial Resistance Research Programme (OHARP) is the first multi-agency grant in Singapore established with the purpose of promoting cross-sectoral research on AMR. OHARP was funded by the Ministry of Health (MOH), NEA, NParks, PUB, and SFA. OHARP supports One Health AMR research in the following research priority areas: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP); Transmission Pathways; and Socioeconomic Impact of AMR. The funds have been fully disbursed for this programme.

Read the publications supported by OHARP: 

KAP

Principal Investigator: A/Prof. Angela Chow (Tan Tock Seng Hospital) 

1

Expectation of antibiotics amongst owners of dogs and/or cats during non-routine visits to veterinary clinics in Singapore: a cross-sectional study 

2

Pet Owners’ Knowledge of Antibiotic Use and Antimicrobial Resistance and Their Antibiotic Practices: Comparison Between Contexts of Self and Pet 

3

The VALUE of antibiotic stewardship for companion animals: Understanding appropriate antibiotic prescribing for pet cats and dogs in veterinary clinics in Singapore 

Transmission Pathways

Principal Investigator: A/Prof. Yann Felix Boucher (National University of Singapore)

1

Discovery of a phylogenetically novel tropical marine Gammaproteobacteria elucidated from assembled genomes and the proposed transfer of the genus Umboniibacter from the family Cellvibrionaceae to Umboniibacteraceae fam. nov. 

2

Metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) of the emerging pathogen Shewanella algae from enrichment of coastal seawater, sediment, and algae at St. John’s Island, Singapore 

Principal Investigator: A/Prof. Andrea Kwa (Singapore General Hospital)

1

Characterization of mobile resistance elements in extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing gram-negative bacteria from aquatic environment 

Principal Investigator: Prof. Hu Jiangyong (National University of Singapore)

1

Antimicrobial resistance in aquaculture: Occurrence and strategies in Southeast Asia 

2

Effect of non-antibiotic factors on conjugative transfer of antibiotic resistance genes in aquaculture water