Engagement and Advocacy

Deliberative Polling on Antimicrobial Resistance with Stanford University

The Trinity Challenge and the Deliberative Democracy Lab at Stanford University are undertaking a Deliberative Polling initiative to uncover public perspectives on antibiotic resistance across the world.  

The initial pilot study engaged 2,550 participants from representative samples of the public in six low- and middle-income countries: Brazil and Colombia; Nigeria and Tanzania; and India and Indonesia. The samples were polled before and after they deliberated about the policy trade-offs posed by antibiotic resistance. Participants met in moderated small groups and posed questions to panels of competing experts. At the end of the process, they expressed their considered judgments about what needs to be done in confidential questionnaires. 

Participants considered trade-offs such as prioritising the use of antibiotics in food production systems versus a higher price for antibiotic-free meat, how antibiotics should be accessed by humans in farming/agriculture, and which policy interventions should be prioritised for the greatest public benefit. 

Deliberative Polling® is a methodology developed by Professor James Fishkin of the Stanford Deliberative Democracy Lab. It has been applied in 150 cases around the world. It gathers insights not only about what the public already thinks but on what it would think about a given issue after engaging in depth with competing arguments and expert opinions about what should be done.

Find out more about the Deliberative Polling methodology.

Youth Competition 2024

We are proud to announce the winners of the AMR Youth Seed Funding Competition, a global initiative that empowers youth-led organisations and youth leaders to address one of the world’s most pressing public health challenges, the antibiotic emergency. 

Our first youth competition attracted applications from across the globe: 97 applications from 46 different countries. A panel of expert judges supported us with the selection process, and winners were chosen based on their proposals’ impact, feasibility, and potential to mitigate antimicrobial resistance through awareness raising and behaviour change campaigns. 

Meet the winners 

The Trinity Challenge is thrilled to be supporting the following projects:

• Bridging Traditions: Co-designing a ‘One Health’ Campaign with Indian Tribal School Children by Integrating Eastern and Western Medicine Philosophies, working with the Society for Socio-Economic and Ecological Development (SEED) in India
• Handwashing Heroes, working with the University of Cuenca and JE Latin America across Ecuador and Guatemala
• JE-RAM Rural Communities, working with the University of Cuenca and JE Latin America across Ecuador and Guatemala
• WASH Away Antimicrobial Resistance, working with the Public Health Research Society in Nepal
• WASH Champions, at the Makerere University Antimicrobial Resistance Club in Uganda
• WASH Heroes: Kids in Action, working with the Infectious Disease Doctors’ Society in Kazakhstan.
• WASH off AMR, working with the One Health and Development Initiative in Nigeria

Thank you to our judges…

We want to thank the judges below for their time and expertise, without their input the competition wouldn’t have been the success it is. 

• Siya Verma, Research Assistant at Deliberative Democracy Lab Stanford University 
• Taek Yong Kim, Research Assistant at Deliberative Democracy Lab Stanford University
• Augusto Baron, Specialist in Public Health, The Quadripartite Working Group on Youth Engagement for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
• Daniel Waruingi, Capacity Development and Youth Engagement Manager, ReACT Africa
• Randa Ahmed Bazzi, Veterinarian and Specialist in Public Health, The Quadripartite Working Group on Youth Engagement for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
• Karina Khatic, Veterinary Student and Trustee Member of the International Veterinary Students’ Association (IVSA), The Quadripartite Working Group on Youth Engagement for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
• Liz Callegari, Director, Black Sands
• Rachel Bloodworth, Director, Black Sands
• Hafeez Hamza, AMR Youth Liaison Officer, Ducit Blue 
• Rhian Foley, Senior Advocacy Adviser, Wateraid
• Marc Mendelson, Director and AMR expert, The Trinity Challenge. 

Contact

For more information on the summit outcomes, resources, or to ask questions, feel free to contact Jennie Smith: [email protected] 

Raising awareness on AMR and cancer with the Union for International Cancer Control

There has been substantial progress in cancer care in the past decades, with key advances in surgery, radiotherapy, and medicines including immunotherapies. But the increasing inability of medicines to address certain infections can undermine all efforts to treat patients.

We are proud to have supported UICC to deliver this awareness drive on the need to preserve the power of antimicrobials in order to protect cancer treatment and care.