RBA Initiative participated at a Workshop organized by the Ministry of Health (MOHCDGEC) to develop IEC/BCC Materials. The development of these materials is an important step in implementation of AMR national action plan. The workshop was conducted in Morogoro municipal and brought together different stakeholders.
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The RBA Initiative empowers members of the ward development committee in discussions about antimicrobial resistance. Participants of these trainings includes education officers, agriculture officers, veterinarian officers and representatives from different group of special needs such as women and people with disabilities. Sessions are facilitated by the RBA Initiative experts and empowering the members of the
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The trained schoolchildren from the RBA Initiative AMR school clubs are reaching their peers at the primary level through outreach program. Club members share knowledge they possess on antimicrobial resistance with the younger students in an engaging and educational way. The success of these project highlights the importance of peer-to-peer education in spreading knowledge. The
AMR CHANGEMAKERS EDUCATING THEIR PEERS. Read More »
Erick Peter Joram(15) is one of the RBA Initiative AMR school club members. He recently revealed the positive changes he has attained after attending the RBA Initiatives AMR school clubs. “There are some behaviors that I was practicing, but I have changed after attending the club program. For example, I was not completing the entire
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Antimicrobial resistance is still not given enough attention and the public is insufficiently aware of its existence, leading to behavior, which propagates the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). One of the objectives of Tanzania’s national action plan on antimicrobial resistance is to improve awareness and understanding of antimicrobial use and resistance through effective communication, education,
Devotha Samwel is one of the parents of the school children to whom RBA Initiative has provided education about antimicrobial resistance through RBA Initiative’s AMR school club project. RBA Initiative had the opportunity to visit this parent at her home at Kikuyu ward in the Dodoma region. Ms. Devotha revealed, with a smile, how her
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15 year-old Rhoda lives in the Dodoma Region of Tanzania. She attends one of RBA Initiative’s AMR Clubs, a project supported by Stop Superbugs. Before attending AMR Club, I’d never heard of antimicrobial resistance. In my community, many people have a tendency to share medicine – even with our animals. For example, my family rear
As part of RBA-Initiative phone call interviews about young people who are making an important social impact on antimicrobial resistance”, we had the pleasure of interviewing Alphonce Mnyavanu. Alphonce Mnyavanu is an AMR ambassador who attended RBA Initiative’s AMR School club in 2020 as a student at Mkonze secondary school in Dodoma Tanzania. Alphonce is
My name is Nawwal Nassor Mohammed, and I am 17 years old, soon to turn 18. In the year 2020, I joined the RBA Initiative AMR Club in Dodoma, where I was studying for my ordinary level. The RBA Initiative AMR school club was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for me, and it has helped me in
With a main aim to raise antimicrobial resistance (AMR) awareness to the society, the Roll Back Antimicrobial Resistance Initiative (RBA Initiative) support young generations’ innovative ideas to seek ways to contain AMR through its ambassadors who have been trained during their time in school while attending the RBA Initiative-AMR School Clubs. Guided by the country’s
