ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2024
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 52,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2024 on 6,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 280+ campuses worldwide (just 5%) were selected to host the 4,000+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT SHADRACH NORRING, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.
African Methodist Episcopal University | Monrovia, Liberia | Advancing SDG 3, SDG 6 & UNAI 9
" Hard work, persistency and a faith in God is the key to success. High research is the backbone of every successful story. Whatever you do will reflect on the coming general, so if you want to impact, impact positively cause the next generation will feel the temperature of our today's work. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: One Health: Combating AMR
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the ten (10) most serious global public health threats facing humanity. It is undermining a century of progress in medicine, as infections that were previously treatable and curable with drugs are becoming (or at risk of becoming) incurable. AMR occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites no longer respond to antimicrobial agents. As a result of drug resistance, antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents become ineffective, and infections become difficult or impossible to treat, increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness, and death. While antimicrobials are the backbone of modern medicine, their misuse and overuse in humans, animals, and plants is driving the emergence and spread of AMR. When antimicrobials enter soil and waterways, resistant strains of microbes can emerge in the environment, which can in turn infect animals and humans that come into contact with them. Bacterial resistance to antibiotics directly caused 1.27 million deaths and indirectly caused, contributed to, or was associated with an additional 4.95 million deaths annually in 2019. Over 450 000 people were affected by drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis (TB) in 2021. The emergence of extensively drug-resistant gonorrhea is another major public health concern. According to a World Bank report in 2017, if no action is taken now, AMR is likely to cause additional health expenditure of US$ 1.2 trillion per year by 2050 and push up to 24 million additional people (particularly in low-income countries) into extreme poverty by 2030. AMR can directly affect progress in achieving at least 6 of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and can also be linked indirectly to the remaining 11. With this backdrop, the African Methods Episcopal University Millennium Fellows have designed this project as a means to increase knowledge on AMR and promote IPC and WASH through a One Health approach. During this project, a pre- and post-survey will be conducted on the targeted audience, which includes both students and community dwellers, thus aiming at fostering a responsible use of AMR.
About the Millennium Fellow
Shadrach Norring is a young man from West Africa, Monrovia Liberia. He was born in the hinterland area of the country in the county of River Gee in 2003, January 3.
His mother Benetha Sinatue who prioritize education and believe that it's the best way to end poverty in the world, sent him to a nearby Christian primary school in the village. Shadrach Norring perform behind people expectations he was very excellence in academy performances, for this reason his mother send him to the city of Monrovia so that his education will mean something important in the coming future. But before Shadrach went to Monrovia city he previously serve as president for the primary school which he attended in the village.
When he was brought to the city he had the opportunity to attend a public school called William Gabriel Kpoleh Memorial high school. Throughout his stay at the school Shadrach Norring showcase his leadership skills and academy excellence, he served as the press president of the William Gabriel Kpoleh Memorial high school. Due to his high study Shadrach Norring graduated at the top of his class as the Valedictorian in 2022 September 24. For this reason the official guest speaker of the graduation ceremony granted Shadrach Norring a scholarship to attend the African Methodist Episcopal university where he is today studying general biology.
Shadrach Norring eagerness and curiousness for knowledge led him to join a lot of impactful group where he shares his leadership skills.
These groups including The Andy Bropleh Jallah Foundation where he work as volunteer to teach primary school students how to read , he's also a member of a biological student research community known as BioXcellence.
Currently Shadrach Norring is the Founder of a health club group in high schools in district 13 Monrovia, the club is known as "One Health Partners ".
