For the fourth year, the Small World Initiative® challenged students to do something about superbugs and the growing global antibiotic crisis in recognition of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention's (CDC) Annual Antibiotic Awareness Week (November 18th-24th) and global activities from the World Health Organization and other stakeholders. During the month of November, we teamed up with the CDC, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Sociedad Española de Microbiología, and other partners to encourage students to do something about the antibiotic crisis. Superbugs are causing a global crisis, killing more than 700,000 people each year. If we do not take significant action now, superbugs will become a leading cause of death worldwide by 2050, killing more people than cancer and diabetes combined. Students from around the world and Girl Scouts answered our call to action! Check out the creative and impactful ways students are confronting one of the most pressing global challenges of our time below. To read more about the challenge announcement and prize packages, please click here.
Watch how students around the world are taking action on the global antibiotic crisis.
Video: Antibiotic Challenge: Whiteboard Edition. Team: Avantika Krishna, Buoyuan Deng, Demi Trimino, Maggie Meesuk, Simi Bakhshi, and Taiba Zahid Jamil.
Song: Antibiotic-Resistant Gonorrhea. Steven Middlebrook.
Video: Antibiotic Challenge ("Draw My Life" Style). Team: Janessa Oxlaj, Shukran Babkir, Yasmine Saikali, Tamar Kiewe, and Hadi Malik.
COMIC: ANTIBIOTICS: RISE OF THE SUPERBUGS. TEAM: CHARMAINE PFINAYI AND AMY ZHANG.
Video: What do you know about the antibiotic crisis? @UMBC Edition. Team: Rushika Nayak, Raheel Raad, Grace Jones, and Dimimu Adeniyi.
Video: The Antibiotic Crisis: What do you know? Team: Tim Carter, Olivia Petty, John Robin, Prabhleen Kaur, Sabtain Saroya, and Mukhshaf Tahir.
Video: Are you antibiotic smart? Team: Thashanna Lyle, Emma Schneider, Susan Afolabi, and Toyosi Obiemeke.
Comic: The Death Burger. Team: Gabriella Hall and Kyra Malone.
Video: Because they are not candy... use antibiotics appropriately. Team: SWI@CEU 3.0.
Silent Movie: A Story About Antibiotics. Team: SWI@CEU & San Pedro Pascual School.
COMIC: ANTIBIOTIC CHALLENGER. TEAM: JADE PHAN, ANITA DANTHI, JULIA CORNS, AND NAOMI CORNS.
COMIC: RAISING AWARENESS FOR ANTIBIOTIC CRISIS: “SICK SEASON.” TEAM: AMANI WALLACE AND JULIE DAHN.
FLYERS. TEAM: GIRL SCOUT TROOP #7775.
Video: Antibiotic Challenge. Team: Avantika Krishna, Buoyuan Deng, Demi Trimino, Maggie Meesuk, Simi Bakhshi, and Taiba Jamil.
Video: Breaking News. Mary Givens.
Video: The Antibiotic Challenge Movie. Team: Nahum Arefeayne, Claudia Walker, and Lauren Turner.
COMIC: ANTIBIOTICS AND US: DISCUSSING ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE. TEAM: NEHA SHARDA AND PETER HUYNH.
Comic: New “Antibiotic” to Be Prescribed by Physicians Across the States! Team: Arushi Dalal, Mickayla Bacorn, Brianna Dadzie, and Olufolake Ashley Majekodunmi.
Flyer: Antibiotic Resistance: A Global Epidemic. Team: Avanti Amin, Saloni Amin, Dominique Brooks, and Nishka Patel.
Memes. Team: Daljit Kaur, Jeremy Chang, and David Datu.
ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE WhoDunnit Game. Team: Emma Cieslik, Sammie Campaniello, Jessalyn Nicholas, and Grayson Coulombe.
Flyer: Dr. Pseudomonas Wants You! Team: Katharine Pak and Alice Choi.
SWI PSA FLYER. TEAM: Anuradha Singh and Toan Bui.
Video: SWI Challenge. Team: Mustafa Faizullah, Junaid Riaz, and Victoria Rubalsky.
Video: The Antibiotic Crisis. Team: Derrick Skinner, Pierre Andomo, and Ryan Gunnison.
Video: Global Views on Antibiotics. Team: Isaac Montgomery, Isaac Shin, Tessa Clement, and Rahul Kamdar.
Buzzfeed Quiz: Answer Some Questions and We'll Tell What Type Life Threatening Bacteria You Could Be. Josh Ade.
T-Shirt Design. Team: Rania Antar, Ivan Mbami, and Sam Winfrey.
Flyer: Have You Heard About The Antibiotic Crisis? Team: Ini Folarin and Eliana Crentsil.
Flyer: Feeling Sick? Eugene Bosworth.
Poster: How Much Do YOU Know About The Antibiotic Crisis?
Team: Se Rin Lee and Kenneth Ukaegbu.
Video: E. Coli Movie. Team: Berivan Subasi, Hannah Cormier, Swathi Jacob, and Nilesh Rao.
Video: Bmike and Karen go to the Doctor. Team: Isabelle Pilo, Zach Thierman, Chris Caldwell, and Ian Freezman.
Video: All Your Flowers. Tammy Osborne.
Infographics and Survey: Antibiotic Crisis. Team: Ryan Chan and Tyler Ai.
Infographics and Survey: Antibiotic Crisis. Team: Ryan Chan and Tyler Ai.
BROCHURE: WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT THE ANTIBIOTIC CRISIS? TEAM: SUBREIN MUKTAR, YAW OWUSU-BOAITEY, AND ALEXANDRA SEAS.