Africa’s answer
to resistant bacteria.
Cameroon’s reference centre for bacterial antimicrobial resistance and One Health, since 2017.
12 scientists. 6 days.
Ready to fight resistant bacteria.
Participants from across Cameroon trained hands-on in bacterial molecular biology at our bench.
From Rome to Yaoundé:
a new alliance for science.
Eminent immunologist Prof. Gianluca Russo, Sapienza University of Rome, visits CEDBCAM-RI to build lasting collaborations between Italy and Cameroon.
A voice for Africa
on global AMR.
CEDBCAM-RI at the inaugural Quadripartite AMR Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Platform.
Bacterial genomes
in days, not months.
Whole-genome sequencing and a fully equipped molecular biology lab, in Yaoundé.
Cameroon’s reference centre for bacterial AMR and One Health.
Since 2017, the Research Institute of the Centre of Expertise and Biological Diagnostics of Cameroon has turned science into protection: tracking resistant bacteria across people, animals, food and the environment, so that antibiotics keep working for the next generation.
From the field to the genome to the policy.
We strive for science with impact: to contain antimicrobial resistance sustainably while preserving antimicrobials for future generations in Cameroon and across Africa.
Welcome to the Research Institute of the Centre of Expertise and Biological Diagnostics of Cameroon. This website is one of the channels we use to bridge the distance between our researchers, our research findings and the people who benefit from our work. Here you will discover our vision, mission, values, activities and projects.
CEDBCAM-RI promotes excellence and enables next-generation research by next-generation researchers. Our dynamic, ambitious and action-oriented teams believe that their work can change the paradigm for billions of people in Africa.
We are committed to raising the voice of every member of our team and to addressing antimicrobial resistance at the human, animal and environmental levels. Built around excellent facilities and strategically located at the heart of Africa, CEDBCAM-RI is ready to work with you.
Bacterial AMR, end to end.
From a swab in the field to a genome on screen and a recommendation on a minister’s desk: every step happens here, by one team.
- Bacterial culture & susceptibility testingIsolation, identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of priority bacteria, including ESBL- and carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales, MRSA and enterococci.
- Molecular biologyDNA extraction, PCR and detection of resistance genes in a fully equipped molecular biology laboratory.
- Whole-genome sequencingOxford Nanopore long-read sequencing on site: two MinION devices running in parallel, results in days, not months.
- Bioinformatics & genomic epidemiologyAssembly, typing, resistome and plasmid analysis, phylogenetics and transmission chains with open, web-based tools.
- One Health surveillanceSampling and analysis across humans, animals, food and the environment, from hospitals and abattoirs to wastewater.
- Outbreak investigation & IPCReconstructing hospital transmission chains and training infection prevention and control teams.
- Diagnostics & drug discoveryDeveloping and evaluating rapid diagnostics and searching for new antibacterial compounds, including for neonatal sepsis.
- Implementation researchTurning evidence into practice: testing how interventions work in real hospitals, communities and health systems, and scaling what works.
One health, four fronts.
Resistant bacteria move freely between people, animals, food and the environment. So do we.
People
Hospitals, mothers and newborns, communities and people living with HIV.
Animals
Livestock, abattoirs and the workers exposed to them.
Food
The food chain, from farm to plate.
Environment
Hospital environments and wastewater.
Our funders and partners.
From Yaoundé, our science connects with leading institutions across Africa, Europe and the Americas. Hover a point to discover who we work with.
Our funders
Our partners
News and research from our teams.
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