Education-based grant programmes for bottom-up distance learning and project catalysis: antimicrobial resistance in Sub-Saharan Africa

• DOI: 10.1099/acmi.0.000472.v3
• Publication Date: 2023-03-16T13:19:06Z
• Authors: Chris L. B. Graham; Harry Akligoh; Joy King Ori; Gameli Adzaho; Linda Salekwa; Patrick Campbell; Courage K. S. Saba; Thomas E. Landrain; Marc Santolini
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; 0303 health sciences; 03 medical and health sciences; Pedagogy; 4. Education; 1. No poverty; 3. Good health

International development and aid are often conducted through the allocation of funding determined by decisions non-locals, especially in west for those global south. In addition, such is disassociated from local expertise, therefore providing little long-term developmental impact generating distrust. This particularly true conservation, as well environmental educational programmes. We hypothesize that granting people tools necessary to develop their own projects use an applicant-driven peer-review approach, it possible relocalize decision-making process programme participants, with potential generate select more relevant outcomes higher quality. Here we created online curriculum antimicrobial resistance (AMR) education was followed 89 participants across Ghana, Tanzania, Nigeria Uganda. then open research facilitated creation eight de novo on AMR. Finally, organized grant round allocate ‘Neonatal Sepsis Nigeria’ project conduct a pilot study awareness campaign. work opens perspectives design frugal programmes context-specific, community-driven aimed at empowering stakeholders South.