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 Voice: Reflecting on the Trinity Challenge Youth Summit

The Trinity Challenge is proud to have delivered our first ever Youth Summit on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). The summit brought together young leaders and youth-led organisations working in AMR and related spaces. The aim of the summit was to strengthen the global network of organisations working in this area, to find new ways to drive meaningful change and to co-design a global awareness campaign to be delivered in the coming months.

Highlights of the summit included:

• Interactive workshops: facilitated dialogue and knowledge exchange among participants, co-organised with our partners Black Sands.
• Keynote speeches and training: introduction speech from our Founder and Chair, Dame Sally Davies, plus insights from experts on AMR and patient advocates. Black Sands also delivered a Campaigning 101 session to help participants focus their discussions and campaign ideas.
• Global campaign: co-designed by youth and expert campaigners to raise awareness about the antibiotic crisis.

The Winning campaign topic, as voted for by participants of the Youth Summit, was WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) and Schools. Following the summit we opened a campaign competition, 97 teams entered their ideas, representing 6 regions globally.

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.