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Health Programme

Antimicrobial Resistance & Ethics

Co-creating a public engagement initiative on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) with schools and universities, using circus arts to reach students and teachers.

Antimicrobial Resistance & Ethics in numbers

4,448
Students engaged
250
Teachers engaged
2
Provinces

Public engagement through circus arts

What we are actually solving

This project co-creates a public engagement initiative highlighting community perspectives on antimicrobial resistance (AMR). It explores the perceived challenges, barriers and opportunities in tackling AMR in Cambodia, among communities and among participants in an ongoing clinical research study.

It also examines the ethical tensions embedded in over-the-counter use of antimicrobials and in existing and potential AMR control interventions, and tests the feasibility and acceptability of an electronic clinical decision-making tool for antimicrobial use.

Our approach

Three things we insist on

  1. Co-creation

    A public engagement initiative built with communities rather than delivered to them, highlighting their perspectives on AMR.

  2. Ethical enquiry

    Exploring the tensions around over-the-counter antimicrobial use with stakeholders across Cambodia.

  3. Evaluation

    The engagement activities themselves are evaluated, not only delivered.