Roll Back Antimicrobial resistance Initiative (RBA Initiative)
Dodoma (Tanzania)
Fighting back antimicrobial resistance through promoting rational use of antimicrobials.
Roll Back Antimicrobial resistance Initiative (RBA Initiative) is a registered non–governmental organisation in Tanzania whose aim is to fight back antimicrobial resistance. Headquartered in Dodoma, the centre of the country, the organisation sees both rural and urban communities as critical players in addressing antimicrobial resistance. The organisation promotes the rational use of antimicrobials, conducts research on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and promotes behavioural change, with the aim of reducing the rate of infection due to antimicrobial resistance.
RBA Initiative covers both rural and urban communities, working with schools, colleges and universities, health professionals, private individuals and policy makers across multiple sectors from health to agriculture to encourage them to mobilise and help prevent the spread of antimicrobial resistance.
Find out here about our collaboration between RBA Initiative and Superbugs to establish long-lasting partnerships between schools in the UK and Tanzania, and to learn together and from each other about infection, hygiene and antimicrobial resistance.
Vision
To be a leader in fighting antimicrobial resistance in Africa and contribute to the global solutions to this public health threat.
RBA Initiative AMR Traditional dance group
RBA Initiative club members emphasising the importance of seeking advice from a qualified healthcare professional before using antibiotics.
Through tradition song and dance the group is also sensitising hand hygiene being the cheapest way to curb antimicrobial resistance. The song is in Gogo, a local tribe based in the Dodoma region of central Tanzania.
AMR School Clubs Documentary
During the 2020 RBA-Initiative AMR school clubs project three aspects were investigated: awareness of ways to reduce AMR, knowledge that antibiotics cannot be used to treat flu, and factors that contribute to AMR.
Before the training knowledge of these was below 37%. Three months after the training knowledge had increased to above 90%.
➡️ Adventure Trail
Enter the microbial world!
Find out more about bacteria, how they make us sick, and why antibiotic resistance is such a problem.
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➡️ Superbugs International
Tackling the global threat of antimicrobial resistance.
We are keen to work with others on the best way to help raise awareness and educate communities across the world, using a combination of online resources and bespoke in-person activities.
Let’s do it together!