The 2025 World AMR Awareness Week theme, “Act Now: Protect Our Present, Secure Our Future,” calls us to action and also reminds us of our collective power to make a difference. This two-part webinar series celebrates engagement and collaboration in action, showcasing how people across disciplines and continents are protecting our present and securing our future through community engagement, creativity, and storytelling.
Resistance Reimagined: Storytelling Meets Science
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2025
Awareness alone isn’t enough. We need connection. This session showcases how artists, designers, and storytellers are inspiring action through creative approaches that bring AMR to life. Through the Art x AMR initiative at the Global Strategy Lab and Immersive Storytelling Lab, comics, games, and immersive storytelling are transforming complex science into shared understanding and collective motivation. These creative voices remind us that art can move hearts as powerfully as data moves minds, helping people everywhere see that their choices and actions matter.
From Policy to People … and Back Again
Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Lasting change starts when policy and people meet. This session explores how high-level AMR strategies can be brought to life within communities — and how insights from those communities can, in turn, shape smarter, more responsive policy. Featuring solutions from PATAM, ReAct Africa, ReAct Europe and DRASA Health Trust this discussion will highlight practical, inclusive approaches that make AMR action more grounded, relevant, and sustainable. Together, we’ll explore how bridging the gap between decision-makers and everyday experiences creates stronger, more resilient systems.
Oluwatoni Akinola
Antimicrobial Resistance Program Manager, Dr Ameyo Stella Adadevoh (DRASA) Health Trust
Oluwatoni Akinola is a public health professional driving health systems strengthening with a focus on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), health policy, and science communication. As the AMR Program Manager at DRASA Health Trust, she designs and implements high-impact AMR initiatives, leads capacity-building and community engagement efforts, and evaluates outcomes to drive sustainable health impact. With experience at the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) and the United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA), she brings a strong background in microbiology, health policy, and global health.
Dr. Andrea Caputo Svensson
Global Health Advisor, ReAct Europe
Dr. Andrea Caputo Svensson is a Global Health Advisor at ReAct Europe, where he works on strategies to address antibiotic resistance through policy, research, and advocacy. Drawing on extensive experience in global health, international collaboration, and community engagement, he focuses on strengthening health systems and promoting equitable access to antibiotics. His work bridges science and policy to support sustainable, evidence-based antibiotic resistance action worldwide.
Natasha Kapatula
Gender Associate, ReAct Africa
Natasha Brenda Musonda Kaputula is a Gender Associate at ReAct Africa (Action on Antibiotic Resistance), where she integrates gender perspectives into antimicrobial resistance (AMR) programs across Africa. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Gender Studies from the University of Zambia. Her work focuses on advancing gender equality through community and youth engagement. Natasha has led initiatives with partners such as YWCA Zambia to raise awareness on the gendered dimensions of health, One Health, and sustainable development.
Tapiwanashe Kujinga
Director, Pan-African Treatment Access Movement
Tapiwanashe Kujinga is a Zimbabwean lawyer and Director of the Pan-African Treatment Access Movement (PATAM). He advocates for equitable access to medicines, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) awareness, and disability-inclusive health systems across Africa. With expertise in health policy and intellectual property rights, Kujinga works to strengthen community engagement and accountability in public health, championing practical, rights-based solutions to improve healthcare access in low- and middle-income countries.
MODERATOR: Julia Bishop
Director of Global Engagement, AMR Policy Accelerator, Global Strategy Lab
As Director of Global Engagement at the AMR Policy Accelerator, Julia Bishop guides strategic planning, operations, and partnerships that advance global action on antimicrobial resistance. Trained in international and human rights law, she holds a JD from Queen’s University and an LLM from the University of Cape Town.
RESOURCE: ReAct Report: Two decades of impactful, community-driven action
In 2025 ReAct celebrated 20 years of unwavering commitment to address antibiotic resistance by doing what few global health organizations dared to do early on: placing communities at the center of the solution!
RESOURCE: Community Engagement Framework Presentation