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AMR Wall Art created by Superheroes against Superbugs (SaS) in collaboration with Delhi Street Art (DSA) featured in the Times of India.
The New Indian Express featured the AMR Wall Art at Khan Market with the caption "When art meets Awareness."
SaS’s co-founder, Sarah Hyder, in coversation with Wissenschafts Kommunikations underlines the urgency to address AMR in India.
Dr Ponnari Gotipatti, in an interview told The New Indian Express, "The indiscriminate use of antimicrobial drugs over the years has fastened the process of antimicrobial resistance."
SaS’s work was featured in Sunday Mid Day newspaper.
SaS’s work was featured in the science media platform The Experimentalist.
On 24 November 2021, SaS announced its first batch of Superheroes Against Superbugs (SaS) Fellows.
ASPIC Club - Yuvaraja’s College Chapter, Mysuru, Karnataka, India, translated our superbugs animation video into Kannada.
SaS partners with the Stop Superbugs initiative by the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy to help us secure practical support to expand the initiative.
Superheroes Against Superbugs is one of the finalists at the Falling Walls Engage 2020, a global platform that showcases successful science engagement projects.
SaS facilitator and Science Communication and outreach lead at CCMB, Somdatta Karak authored this fun article titled “Common Myths about Microbes” in the special edition of iWonder, a science magazine for school teachers by Azim Premji University.
SaS’s efforts in partnering with children in India in the fight against Superbugs has been featured by British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
Suno India interviews SaS team for antibiotic awareness week, 2019, featuring Ponnari and Somdatta while they talk about the initiative and the issue of AMR in India.
Wellcome Trust features SaS as an example of initiatives working at grassroots to inspire action against AMR.
ReAct features SaS as one of the examples of work and initiatives that are raising awareness on antibiotic resistance or related subjects.
SaS was featured by World Health Organisation during World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2018 (November 12 – 18) – Features from Around the World.
SaS was selected as one of the two pioneering initiatives from across the globe tackling Antibiotic Resistance at Call To Action on AMR 2018.
Battle Superbugs, Antibiotic Resistance Center at George Washington University interviewed Ponnari and Sarah, leads of the initiative.
SaS was featured in South African-based Mail & Guardian newspaper in November 2018.
SaS joins Becton Dickinson Antimicrobial Resistance Fighters Coalition I’m a Resistance Fighter campaign.
SaS featured in Times of India.
Twitter Praise
Super initiative from @SaSuperbugs & partner #SharadSharma, Founder of #WorldComicsIndia https://t.co/jTz3Yg9seY - Superheroes Against #Superbugs; Grassroot #Comics for #AntibioticResistance Learn more here https://t.co/ZE99JqwVhy & here https://t.co/mnqjppHNHO #AMR #India pic.twitter.com/BOVsXP3x9l
— Init4Health #CaithClúdachAghaidhe #SábháilBeathaí. (@Init4Health) March 21, 2019
The 'Superheros Against Superbugs' is a powerful initiative involving children, communication, and comics to tackle drug resistant infections. Keep up the great work, @SaSuperbugs & @India_Alliance. #StopSuperbugs #CalltoAction18
@haileygetahun @CDDEP @reactgroup @CMO_England pic.twitter.com/NeK7yzKhAX— Connor Rochford (@Con_Rochford) November 19, 2018
We doff our caps to @SaSuperbugs! If we're serious about raising awareness, spreading knowledge & changing behaviour, we should channel the traditional power of singing, dancing & storytelling - as we're trying to do with @ThatMould #StopSuperbugs #CalltoAction18 https://t.co/y4QQQe9zxG
— The Mould that Changed the World Musical 🎵 (@ThatMould) December 4, 2018
@SaSuperbugs Superheros against Superbugs - exciting and delightful project in India! Enticing children with the subject of AMR through comic design. Inspired...... #StopSuperbugs #CalltoAction18 pic.twitter.com/PL1lZef35I
— Susie Sanderson (@Susie_Sanderson) November 19, 2018
Great talk about engaging children in India to influence community behaviour around #antibioticresistance #CalltoAction18 @SaSuperbugs @India_Alliance pic.twitter.com/LNuANKuzC8
— Longitude Prize on AMR (@longitude_prize) November 19, 2018
We are a pleased to see our mention resurface this year again & we love what our partners have to say in this article - the reason why we brought together “young #children” and “#comics” to #StopSuperbugs #WAAW2019 https://t.co/A4KOq0SFlI
— Superheroes against Superbugs (@SaSuperbugs) November 19, 2019