The antimicrobial leadership program provided a wide range of knowledge and skill on AMR and its prevention. Antimicrobials allow mankind to prevent and survive serious infections. If microbes acquire mutations, they may evade antimicrobial killing mechanism and become resistant. Therefore there is need for proper use of AMR. If antimicrobials are misused, it can lead …
The AMRLEP program enlightened me on a number of things concerning Antimicrobial resistance. These include but are not limited to how microorganisms become resistant to drugs, human practices that promote resistance, the burden of antimicrobial resistance, the interventions that have currently been put in place to fight antimicrobial resistance, the gap that is existing with …
Hereby say that I have learnt allot through this course on antimicrobial resistance and its of great honor that am part of this movement because both I and my community really need this information but just couldn’t get access maybe because our government isn’t that serious about the subject matter making us unaware of the …
The AMRLEP program has been such an awesome experience, with a lot to learn. Most importantly, I’ve learnt that AMR is a One Health challenge and therefore requires a One Health approach while developing interventions and solutions to it. The One Health approach is simply teamwork of people from different sectors to solve health challenges …
One of the best things to ever happen to me was enrolling for the AMRLEP program. I have always been passionate about AMR. AMR is an emerging pandemic of public health importance. It is estimated that, resistant bacteria already cause more than 750,000 deaths every year and it is predicted to cause an estimated 10 million …
ReAct AFRICA Team, You have been a nice friend, mentor, mother, father and a blessing to me For the period I have spent attending Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Leaders’ Program for Tertiary Students in Africa. You may not know but I have been watching, listening and learning from your presentations and discussions with us. I have …
Email; amwiineearnest@gmail.com While undertaking the AMRLEP program, I have gained a lot of knowledge in regards to anti-microbial resistance, AMR and been challenged as well to be innovative in a move to fight AMR. I have gained knowledge about the following; Different target sites of anti-microbial agents on cells of microorganisms for example the cell …
My key learnings from the AMRLEP program are; Basic background information on the discovery of antimicrobials Most of the causes of antimicrobial resistance in our communal practices The knowledge gap in antimicrobial resistance surveillance in most countries and knowledge gap in the awareness of antimicrobial resistance especially in Africa-Uganda The importance of using the one …
Through this AMR online course, I have been able to get deeper understanding of what antimicrobial resistance means, how it comes about and how it can be stopped or slowed down. I have also learnt that AMR is a growing pandemic of global health concern if not tackled early enough. I have also learnt that …
Key Learnings. Basics of microbes and antimicrobials Health and economic burden of AMR and importance of surveillance Process of developing national action plans Challenges and potential solutions in AMR innovations. Global Initiatives and individual responsibility Using the one health approach. Key leadership skills How to engage in research and policy discussions Project development and implementation …
Key takeaways from AMRLEP. Never be afraid to think big, during Dr. Kabali’s presentation, he highlighted the fact that some of the things that he once thought were fiction growing up are inexistence right now. The technological and scientific breakthroughs occur daily. I should think of any possible solutions in the fight against AMR not …
