Mr. Joseph Acolatse (B.Sc., P.G. Dip.) Joseph Acolatse is a Ghanaian research scientist and clinical microbiologist at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, where he leads antimicrobial stewardship efforts and supports national initiatives. He recently completed the ESCMID Antimicrobial Stewardship Certificate Programme and has a background in Molecular Biology. He serves as Ghana’s Principal Investigator for the Welcome Trust-funded AWaRe-1 Trial and has served as a co-investigator on several international grants focused on antimicrobial resistance. His work has contributed to diagnostics and surveillance capacity, informed national stewardship protocols, and helped develop his institution’s first antibiotic stewardship policy. Joseph is a member of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC) Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Committee and the Microbiology Society Impact and Influence Committee. His expertise spans laboratory quality systems and clinical microbiology, with a strong interest in evidence-based health policy. He has authored and co-authored several research articles published in recognised peer-reviewed journals and actively contributes to national and regional AMR initiatives. As a science communicator, he has engaged diverse audiences on antimicrobial resistance and effective stewardship practices.

Acsa Igizeneza is a microbiologist with a Master's degree in One Health Molecular Biology and another in Applied Microbiology (Bacteriology). She also holds a bachelor’s degree in microbiology. Acsa’s research focuses on antimicrobial resistance, antimicrobial stewardship, and molecular biology. She has attended various short courses in public health, including Hospital-Based Interventions to Contain Antibiotic Resistance in Low-Resource Settings and Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine, offered by the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp/Belgium. She also attended the drive-AMS Antimicrobial Stewardship Masterclasses in Moshi/Tanzania, and in Kigali, Rwanda. Acsa is currently an Assistant Lecturer of Microbiology at the University of Rwanda and an AMS Research Assistant at the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK).