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Pandemic Shield: AMR Awareness & Data Pilot in Uttar Pradesh-india
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Closes July 2nd, 2026$0raised
$45,000minimum funding
$60,000funding goal
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Project summary
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) will kill more people than cancer by 2050 if trends continue. In India, antibiotic misuse is widespread, but public awareness is low — especially in Tier-2/3 cities and rural areas.
Pandemic Shield is a 2-year pilot in Uttar Pradesh tackling AMR at the root: behavior and data,
What we do:
1. Education: Run 300+ AMR awareness workshops in schools, colleges, and community centers across UP. Teach when antibiotics work, when they don’t, and why completing courses matters. Use interactive demos, local language examples, and student-led clubs.
2. Pharmacy Training: Partner with 200+ local pharmacies to reduce over-the-counter antibiotic sales without prescription. Provide WHO-aligned guidelines in Hindi, counter displays, and monthly check-ins. Recognize “AMR-Safe” pharmacies with certificates.
3. Open Data: Collect anonymized prescription + resistance patterns from 50+ partner clinics and diagnostic labs. Publish open datasets on GitHub and a public dashboard so researchers and policymakers can track AMR locally. All data is public goods under CC-BY-4.0.
4. Community Health Workers: Train 100+ ASHA/ANM workers to be AMR ambassadors in villages. Equip them with flipbooks and voice-message content for WhatsApp groups.
5. School Curriculum Add-on: Co-create a 2-hour AMR module with science teachers. Pilot in 30 government schools first, then release as free OER for any school in India.
6. Public Campaigns: Run “No Antibiotic for Viral” street plays, poster drives, and FM radio spots during flu season. Target parents and elderly who often self-medicate.
7. Youth Innovation: Host 2 AMR hackathons with UP engineering colleges to build low-cost diagnostic aids, awareness games, or data tools. Winning projects get mentorship.
8. Policy Bridge: Quarterly roundtables with CMO offices and UP Health Dept. Share field data, pharmacy compliance rates, and student survey results to inform local action.
What are this project's goals? How will you achieve them?
Milestones:
Month 1-6: Onboard 30 schools + 50 pharmacies. Launch website + open data portal. First 5,000 students trained.
Month 7-12: Scale to 150 workshops. First public dataset released. Interim impact report.
Month 13-18: Expand to 200+ pharmacies, 50 clinics. 20,000 students reached.
Month 19-24: 300+ total workshops, 30,000 students. Final open dataset + policy brief for UP health dept. Replication toolkit published.
How will this funding be used?
Budget and Roadmap:
Total Budget – 2 Years: $60,000
Budget Breakdown:
- Education: Workshop materials, travel, facilitator fees: $20,000
- Pharmacy Program: Training kits, Hindi guides, monitoring: $10,000
- Open Data Platform: Development, hosting, data collection, anonymization: $15,000
- Team & Operations: Coordinator, field staff stipends: $12,000
- Impact Evaluation + Policy Reports: $3,000
Who is on your team? What's your track record on similar projects?
Why me?:
I’m Aadarsh Pandey, a Certified Clinical Researcher based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh india. I’ve already led field projects on AMR, Dengue, and Diabetes across South Asian, working directly with super soeciality hospitals,clinics, pharmacies, and schools.
Credentials: Strong academic foundation with 2 PhDs in life sciences/public health and active mentorship from senior doctors in academia. I have hands-on experience running biosafety-level lab work, including RT-PCR and microbial assays, plus community health education programs,
Track record: My past South Asia health projects reached 10,000+ participants and produced datasets used by local hospitals. For Pandemic Shield, I’m combining that lab + field experience with local Lucknow networks — schools, pharmacies, and doctors I already work with.
This isn’t theory. I’m already doing the work. Manifund funding lets me scale a proven model, collect open AMR data for UP, and publish results as public goods.
Why this matters:
- AMR is a global health emergency, but most funding goes to new drugs, not prevention.
- LMICs like India bear the highest burden but have the least data. UP alone has 240M people and zero district-level AMR dashboards.
- Over-the-counter sales drive 70%+ of antibiotic misuse in India. Pharmacies are the frontline we can’t ignore.
- Students carry messages home. One educated teen can change antibiotic habits for an entire family.
- Open data breaks silos. Researchers in Delhi, London, or Lagos can use UP data to model resistance spread.
- This pilot creates a replicable model: low-cost, community-led, open-source. Cost per person reached is under $2.
Who we are: Based in Uttar Pradesh india. Led by Aadarsh Pandey, working with local doctors, educators, public health volunteers, and student groups. Advisors include clinicians from KGMU and pharmacy association members.
How we measure success: Pre/post surveys in schools, pharmacy mystery audits, dataset downloads, and policy mentions. All reports published publicly.
Funding use: $1 = 1 student educated or 1 pharmacy guideline printed. Matching funds multiply every donation. 100% of funds go to program work — no institutional overhead.
Thank you for your prompt attention.
Aadarsh Pandey