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The ‘Agents of Change’ AD Challenge was a global grants initiative seeking community-driven ideas to help solve some of the greatest challenges impacting those living with atopic dermatitis (AD). By harnessing the power of collaboration and working hand-in-hand with innovators and non-profits, the AD Challenge was able to effect tangible change.
Over four years, the ‘Agents of Change’ AD Challenge received 256 ideas submitted from 72 countries representing all continents and helped fund 20 local projects that made a difference in the lives of people living with AD around the world.
The ‘Agents of Change’ AD Challenge helped to highlight the burden of AD and put a spotlight on practical solutions at the local level.
We believe we can all be agents of change to help people living with AD around the world. This year, we are celebrating changemakers in the AD community and call on everyone to use practical tools to continue advocating for change in their communities.
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Learn more Each year, a theme was selected by the panel of experts and representatives from Sanofi and Regeneron, focusing on the most pressing issues faced by people living with AD. The AD Challenge then called on the community to submit ideas for potential solutions under the year’s selected theme.
Following the evaluation phase, a select number of AD Challenge participants were chosen to receive a grant of up to $10,000 each to bring their ideas to life.
By Eczema Outreach Support, UK
A TikTok channel for young people living with AD to support them with reliable and accurate information about the disease in an engaging and accessible way.
By Eczema Support Australia, Australia
A seven-step program co-designed with psychologists to connect and engage the local AD community in activities focused on improving self-esteem.
By Epidermia, Greece
A program of five moves designed to empower people living with AD by providing information, inspiration, and tips on how to manage their disease, secure a better quality of life and increase their self-esteem.
By National Eczema Society, UK
A documentary featuring people living with AD, sharing stories about their mental health challenges to raise awareness and break down misinformation surrounding the disease.
By Partnership Coalition of Patients Organisations with Chronic Disease, Romania
A theatre play, highlighting stories of children living with AD and their struggles to raise awareness of the disease and help reduce discrimination in schools.
By Shulamit Burstein in partnership with The Israeli Association for Atopic Dermatitis, Israel
Offering a pool of trained and motivated volunteers to help families with AD, giving attention to the child living with AD and caregivers a moment of relief.
By Living with Allergy Association, Turkey
A children's book for newly diagnosed patients, their caregivers, siblings and friends, that helps them understand the seriousness of AD.
By Global Parents for Eczema Research, U.S.
An online marketplace connecting families living with AD to nannies/babysitters with experience and training in caring for AD patients.
By GAAPP, Austria
A series of multi-language videos to educate caregivers and family members who face an AD diagnosis.
By Društvo Atopijski Dermatitis, Slovenia
Encouraging people living with AD to write about their experience in an online diary, and organising a support group for participants to meet virtually to share what they've written.
By Eczema Outreach Support, UK
Offering children and adolescents with eczema the chance to meet their potential at school through a package of support and training, helping build their communication, confidence, and self-management skills.
By Day by Day Chronic (CDD), Brazil
An AD awareness content hub that gathers patients' testimonials in video and photo form to promote understanding and exchange experiences with peers.
By The French Eczema Association, France
A radio broadcast in which teens discuss their personal experience living with AD and get answers and recommendations from dermatologists.
By Elewa Health, Tanzania
Training a group of village health teams to facilitate workshops centered on AD and its associated challenges for patients, family members, and caregivers.
By The Eczema Association of Australasia Inc, Australia
A social media campaign to raise awareness about people living with AD, and the debilitating effect that the condition can have on their mental health.
By Atopika, Slovenia
An international art competition inviting children, teenagers and adults with AD, as well as those who have bullied someone with AD, to submit a piece of artwork that brings to life their disease.
By Eczema Support Australia, Australia
Promoting understanding of those living with and impacted by AD through the creation of a “Life Stories” video series, depicting the experience of adolescents with AD.
By Global Parents for Eczema Research, U.S.
To tackle the bullying experienced by people living with AD, GPER proposed to launch an AD awareness campaign on popular teen communication platforms such as Snapchat, TikTok, and other social media.
By JAMII LIGHT UP, Tanzania
Introducing screening for children with AD in existing immunization clinics in local communities to ensure appropriate training and support is offered to families impacted by the skin disease.
By The Diana Award, UK
Identifying and training a young person with AD to become an “Anti-Bullying Ambassador” and deliver anti-bullying training in up to 10 selected schools.
Over the past four years, this initiative was supported by a panel of experts made up of global leaders from the AD community. Their invaluable insights and contributions helped to make the ‘Agents of Change’ AD Challenge so successful.
Navdeep Gosal, Member of the Board of Directors for Global Parents for Eczema Research, developer of "Eczema Tracker," a free app-based solution to help patients track and manage symptoms, and the mother of a child living with AD
África Luca de Tena Smith, Director of Communication for the Association of People Affected by Atopic Dermatitis in Spain and living with severe AD herself
Tammi Shipowick, Programs Director at the International Alliance of
Dermatology Patient Organisations, also known as GlobalSkin
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