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23 Sep 2026

Raising awareness of antimicrobial resistance in rural schools: Lessons from a school outreach event

Our Champions Scheme allows members to promote microbiology and the Society in their local areas by providing funding and resources for a variety of activities. In November 2025, Champion Akpan Friday (Solina Centre for International Development and Research, Nigeria), organised an outreach project, to promote World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW), the Society and our Knocking Out AMR project. Below, Akpan Friday shares his insights and reflections on the activity.

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03 Jun 2025

Harnessing the Irish microbiology community to tackle AMR

As Ireland’s Second One Health Nation Action Plan (iNAP2) on AMR concludes, the Microbiology Society urges a stronger role for researchers in shaping the next phase of national policy. These recommendations are based on views gathered from its community of Irish microbiologists through a series of workshops and surveys held in November and December 2024. The aim was to assess the current AMR research and development (R&D) landscape in Ireland and guide the formation of the upcoming iNAP3.

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18 Sep 2024

Knocking Out AMR Workshops | Summary Report

In January 2024, the Microbiology Society hosted a series of solution-oriented, invite-only workshops dedicated to our priority solution areas: diagnostics, surveillance, therapeutics and vaccines. Read the full workshop reports here.

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01 May 2024

A roadmap for tackling AMR

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a real and current threat to healthcare systems and economies across the world. Today, AMR is a leading cause of death worldwide, killing more people than HIV and malaria combined.

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