In Nigeria, poverty and weak regulations lead to widespread antimicrobial underdosing, especially by PPMVs who cut medicine to fit budgets. This practice fuels antimicrobial resistance. Our article explores this issue and offers solutions. Link: bit.ly/3SKdlxs

📚 Today's #MondayRead highlights the urgent need to address AMR in LMICs. 📊Addressing LMICs' unique challenges and incorporating their perspectives are crucial steps to effectively mitigate AMR globally. Read more here ➡️ bit.ly/3X04JWc #AMR #GlobalHealth #LMICs

Happy International #YouthDay ✨🌏 Our recent work with young people & youth leaders has inspired us: their expertise, energy and commitment to #AntibioticResistance and other global health topics is truly motivating. Everyday we celebrate young people and their drive for change.

#HandleAntibioticswithCare

#Antibiotics do NOT treat viruses that cause respiratory infections such as #flu, #COVID19, and #RSV. #BeAntibioticsAware and take antibiotics only when needed to fight #AntimicrobialResistance. bit.ly/3LWaqOL

From ASM Microbe 2024, watch: Rethinking Antimicrobial Resistance Protecting the Microbiome from Antimicrobials and Disinfectants youtube.com/watch?v=hTGhJk…

Did you know what HIV truly is? #ObulamuSsiZaala #ObulamuUg

How do we use our voices to reach a wider community for #AntimicrobialResistance (AMR)? 💡 Next week on 29th August, join us for a webinar about the impact of #AMR on several patient groups. Register here 👉 bit.ly/4bDVlvH #antibiotics #PatientAdvocacy #patientsafety

We're excited to announce our project with the Deliberative Democracy Lab at Stanford University working on a first of its kind global deliberative poll on antibiotic resistance, aiming to uncover public perspectives on antibiotic resistance. Read more: thetrinitychallenge.org/news-and-stori…

📢 Webinar in 3 days Join us on Saturday, August 24,2024 at 7pm WAT for an enlightening webinar to discuss the ways we can tackle #AMR in our drastically changing climate conditions. Click on the link below to register: shorturl.at/Px5kS

We are so proud of our club members who have won the MDD Category of the African AMR Hackathon by Wave with their project "HARMONIZING AMR " which focused on developing culturally relevant songs in local languages for AMR Awareness.🥳🥳 Congratulations 🥳. #AMR

Congratulations our Champions🤩.

At IDI, innovation means thinking outside the box. Our support for #HIC2024 organized by Academy for Health Innovation, Uganda is to nurture growth & bring innovative ideas to life. It’s fitting that Makerere University, a leading Ugandan university, is at the forefront of driving innovation ~ Andrew Kambugu

Stewardship practices are crucial to the fight against antibiotic resistance. Preserve the power of antibiotics by practicing responsible stewardship. 📖 Read more in our Toolbox on AMR: reactgroup.org/toolbox/ration…

May the entire continent of Africa know that Makerere University AMR Club leveraged on Art as a way of combatting AMR using talents. Wave and ReAct send warm congratulations to Makerere University AMR Club for winning 2024 AMR Hackathon - MDD category 🥳 through their project "HARMONISING AMR"

Every 6 seconds, someone dies from an antibiotic-resistant infection. Today, on day 242 of the year, over 3.2 million people have already been lost to #AMR. That's the equivalent of 85 plane crashes per day every day. Everybody should be talking about this.

Last week our Head of Programs Gathai Mundia moderated a panel discussion focusing on the intersection of #ClimateChange & #AntimicrobialResistance at #PHSSAfrica24 Grateful to Africa Public Health Student Network Initiative , ReAct Africa Network (RAN) , all other organisations, panelists and the amazing participants.