Great news! Following a generous donation through the Terry Hennessey Microbiology Fellowship (THMF), Superheroes against Superbugs is recruiting for three new educators, who will help to develop creative tools, methods and approaches to engage school-going children and the public in India about antibiotic resistance.   Superheroes against Superbugs is a volunteer-led project  operating across different […]

We’re delighted to say that we have now reached our target for our ‘school-in-a-box’ campaign, enabling our Tanzanian partner project, the RBA-Initiative to buy the equipment they need to reach more children across the country. This was Stop Superbug’s first fundraising challenge, and we’ve been blown away by the generosity and ingenuity of supporters. Over the […]

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 […]

Over the last few months, Stop Superbugs supporters have been busy raising money to provide our Tanzanian partner project, the RBA-Initiative, with six ‘schools-in-a-box’ – six sets of educational equipment, which will help the project to grow and teach more children about how they can keep themselves safe from superbugs. The response from both induvial […]

We’re delighted to announce our new partner project: Superheroes against Superbugs (SaS), an inspirational scheme run by a volunteer team of scientists and healthcare professionals in Hyderabad, India. Superbugs are a big problem in India, with drug-resistant infections killing more people there than anywhere else in the world. Among the most vulnerable are infants, with […]

This April, the team from The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC) are taking up the baton to raise funds for a school-in-a-box for our partner project in Tanzania. The campaign aims to provide our partner project, the Roll Back Antimicrobial Resistance Initiative, with the equipment they need to open more of their hugely successful […]

The Roll Back Antimicrobial Resistance (RBA) Initiative runs ‘AMR School Clubs’, offering free lessons to children, teaching them about superbugs, and the responsible use of medicine, so they can keep themselves safe and, crucially, bring the message back to their families and community. Superbugs are a huge problem in Tanzania. Antibiotics can be purchased widely […]

A healthcare communications agency who specialise in infection, Page Medical, are the latest company to rise to the challenge and attempt to raise £1k to fund a school-in-a-box for our partner project in Tanzania. Over ten days in April, the Page Medical team will be undertaking 18 unique challenges (representing the 18 identified superbugs) in […]