For many years now, Erick Venant has been dedicated to raising awareness about the growing threat of superbugs. As a young pharmacist in Tanzania, he founded the Roll Back Antimicrobial Resistance Initiative (RBA-Initiative), whose AMR School Clubs have been championed by Stop Superbugs as a brilliant example of a community project that’s helping to make a real difference, teaching hundreds of young people about superbugs and the steps they can take to keep themselves and others safe.
One of the major inspirations for Erick’s work is former Chief Medical Officer for England and UK Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance, Dame Sally Davies, who Erick admires for her tireless work in “putting the AMR agenda on a global level.” Today, Stop Superbugs were delighted to be able to facilitate a meeting between the two.