Uduyars

21/11/2025

At Uduyars, we continue to receive inspiring reports from young people driving the NaYAMR Campaign across campuses and communities nationwide. This momentum reflects a growing youth movement committed to reducing the spread of antimicrobial resistance in Nigeria (reports will be shared as previously announced).

This week, our team visited one of the most overlooked hotspots in the transmission of resistant pathogens, the abattoir. Despite being central to food production, it remains largely excluded from public health conversations. Many butchers and livestock handlers had never heard of antimicrobial resistance, even though several shared lived experiences of infections that were unusually difficult to treat.

We engaged them in their local language to ensure everyone could understand the core issues. Our discussions focused on safe antibiotic use in animals, avoiding drug residues in meat, and strengthening hygiene practices to limit the spread of harmful bacteria. Their openness to learn and willingness to adopt safer practices highlight the importance of bringing AMR education directly to the frontlines of risk.

This field visit reinforced an urgent truth. Awareness gaps in high-risk environments continue to fuel resistant infections in our communities. Yet with targeted, culturally grounded communication, people are ready to act.

We are committed to expanding these grassroots engagements and ensuring no community is left behind in the fight against AMR.

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19/11/2025

The fight against antimicrobial resistance is our collective action. Let's use antibiotics wisely.

18/11/2025

Every day, infections are becoming harder to treat, and the consequences are already reshaping health outcomes across Africa. As we begin World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2025, we are launching the NaYAMR 2025 National Youth AMR Campaign at a moment when decisive action is no longer optional.

Antimicrobial resistance is now responsible for an estimated 1.27 million deaths each year, with Africa carrying the highest mortality rate worldwide according to leading global health estimates.

In Nigeria alone, resistant infections are contributing to rising treatment failures, longer hospital stays, and avoidable deaths, especially among children and vulnerable populations.

When antibiotics stop working, even minor wounds and common infections can become life-threatening. This is the reality we are already living in.

This is why young people across the country are stepping forward this week. They will be engaging markets, schools, campuses, online communities, and local gatherings to help families understand the dangers of antibiotic misuse and to promote safe behaviors that protect everyone.

With over 70 percent of Nigeria’s population under 30, our collective action can shift the national trajectory if we act now.

Your involvement can save lives. You can lead a community sensitization, share verified messages online, or support an existing activity.

Every single effort contributes to slowing resistance and protecting the medicines we all depend on.

Join the network of young Nigerians mobilizing nationwide: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LpD0RiuKMQ5HxCMinEsL2G?mode=wwt

Here is a guide to help you plan and deliver your activity: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1uk26JeqC7NX90PSRYbuxX7bQKbqQk9g_?usp=sharing

This week is more than awareness. It is a call to protect the health of our communities and make sure antibiotics remain effective for the next generation.

Let us act with urgency, clarity, and purpose.

— NaYAMR 2025 Campaign Team

17/11/2025

17/11/2025

Dearest stewards 👏

The long-awaited World AMR awareness week is finally here. Tomorrow, we officially kick off the National Youth AMR Campaign, and we are excited for what we will achieve together. Stay alert for the launch.

Throughout this week, young people across the country will be driving community awareness on antimicrobial resistance. These changemakers are stepping forward to protect their communities, strengthen health literacy, and build resilience against a threat that continues to grow every day.

In a region like Africa, where young people make up the majority of the population, we must act now to protect today and secure our future.

If you would like to be part of this movement, you can join the community of young people carrying out campaigns across the nation here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LpD0RiuKMQ5HxCMinEsL2G?mode=wwt

To help you get ready, here is a resource to guide your engagement.

Together, we can stop the occurrence and spread of AMR.

16/11/2025

Recently, we convened young leaders from across Nigeria for our National Youth AMR Campaign pre-onboarding webinar, marking the official beginning of this year’s National youth-led campaign against antimicrobial resistance.

The energy and commitment in the room reflected exactly what this moment demands. AMR continues to threaten our health systems, our food systems, and the future of effective treatments. Strengthening community awareness and promoting responsible practices have never been more urgent.

Through this campaign, young people will step forward as community educators, advocates, and champions. Each participant will lead an awareness activity in their school, neighbourhood, faith community, or local market. By localising global AMR messages, they will help their communities understand how superbugs spread and the simple actions that can prevent them.

We are grateful to every young person who joined the webinar and to our partners who continue to believe in youth leadership as a driving force for change. Over the coming days, we will share the official communication toolkit, reporting guidance, and step-by-step instructions for the campaign rollout.

This is an open call for participation. The fight against AMR is our collective responsibility. Together, we can build informed communities and reduce the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance.

06/11/2025

📣 Join the Fight Against AMR! Register for NaYAMR 2025 Pre-Launch Webinar.

​The threat of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is growing, but so is the power of youth voices.

​Are you a young person or student leader ready to make a tangible difference in the global fight against AMR? Then you won't want to miss the NaYAMR 2025 Pre-Launch Orientation Webinar.

​Join us to learn how you can lead the National Youth-Led AMR Campaign (NaYAMR 2025) and take decisive action in your campus and community during World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW).

Webinar Details

​Theme: "Our Future, Our Fight: Young Voices for a World Free from AMR"
​What you'll gain:

​Recognition and Award Certificates.
​A deeper understanding of the drivers of AMR in Nigeria.

​Strategies to amplify Youth Networks across the nation.

​Access to the WAAW Campaign Toolkit and Resources.

​Valuable Mentorship and Networking Session.

​Date: November 8, 2025
​Time: 5:00 PM (WAT)
​Platform: Google Meet (Link shared upon registration)

​🔗 How to Register:

​Secure your spot and get the meeting link by registering now

​Click the link: https://bit.ly/NaYAMR2025
​Or, scan the QR code on the poster to participate.

​📢 Spread the Word

​Encourage your friends, families, and youth leaders to register and participate.

​Let's collaborate and take action to protect our future from the threat of AMR!

03/11/2025

Antimicrobial Resistance: A Global Challenge Demanding our Individual Actions.

As the world prepares for World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW 2025), Uduyars is mobilizing youths, professionals, leaders, advocates, and community members to act through the Antibiotic Stewardship Pledge Campaign.

This initiative calls on health workers, students, researchers, policy actors, and everyone to make a public commitment to preserving the effectiveness of antibiotics.

Through the pledge, participants commit to:

🔹 Using antibiotics only with valid prescriptions
🔹 Avoiding self-medication and misuse
🔹 Supporting vaccination and infection prevention
🔹 Promoting responsible antibiotic use in agriculture
🔹 Advocating for One Health collaboration across sectors

Take your pledge today: https://www.uduyars.org/antibiotic-stewardship-pledge/

Generate and share your personalised GetDP pledge frame to inspire others in your network to do the same.

Every pledge strengthens our collective voice in the fight against AMR.

Tag us and use to amplify impact.

Together, we can make responsible antibiotic use a shared culture, protecting the medicines that protect us all.

27/10/2025

📢 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS — UDUYARS ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM 2026

Are you passionate about leadership, advocacy, and creating impact?
Join the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Young Antimicrobial Resistance Stewards (UDUYARS) and be part of a team driving awareness and action against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), one of the world’s greatest health challenges.

Available Positions:
*President | Vice President | General Secretary | Assistant General Secretary | Editor-in-Chief | Liaison Officer | Communication Manager (I & II) | Social Media Manager (I & II) | Media & Design Manager (I & II) | Outreach Coordinator (I & II) | Faculty Representatives | Research Coordinator.*

Eligibility:
- Must be a student of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto
- Must have a record of volunteerism/student leadership or a strong willingness to learn

Apply here: https://bit.ly/UDUYARS

Deadline: 9th November, 2025

Let’s build a generation of stewards ready to lead the fight against AMR!

21/10/2025

Celebrating our UDUYARS Graduating excos🎓

Usmanu Danfodiyo University Young Antimicrobial Resistance Stewards (UDUYARS) celebrates its remarkable student champions who have passionately advocated for responsible antibiotic use and raised awareness on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). Their dedication sparked meaningful conversations within and beyond the university community.

As they graduate, UDUYARS proudly acknowledges their leadership and services. We are confident they will continue to be global health advocates and ambassadors for an AMR-free world.

01/10/2025

Today we celebrate not just our nation’s freedom, but also the spirit of unity, resilience, and progress that defines Nigeria. As a team dedicated to antimicrobial resistance stewardship, we are playing our part in building a healthier, stronger future for our people.

Let’s keep working together with passion and purpose protecting lives, safeguarding medicines, and contributing to a Nigeria where health and hope thrive.

Wishing you all a joyful celebration filled with pride, peace, and renewed commitment to our shared mission.

Happy Independence Day! 🎉💚🤍💚

Signed
Media and Design Team

01/09/2025

Happy New Month, Stewards

As we enter this new month, we would like to extend our warmest wishes to all members, volunteers, and partners of UDUYARS.

May this month bring renewed commitment, fresh opportunities, and meaningful progress in our shared mission to combat antimicrobial resistance.

Together, let us continue to inspire change, promote awareness, and advance responsible practices for a healthier future.