The Lancaster University UK and its partners – HATOF Foundation, Noguchi Memorial Institute for
Medical Research (NMIMR) - University of Ghana, and Meged Productions, have received funding from
the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)- Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) under the
Impact Acceleration Account to implement a one-year project titled ‘Making the Dust Fly: Creating
a million plus conversations in Ghana on home cleaning and superbugs.’

The Making the Dust Fly project aims to grow and accelerate the impacts and findings of the Dust
Bunny Project implemented from 2018-2021. Lancaster University UK and NMIR co-led the Dust Bunny
Project to develop home cleaning interventions through community engagement to reduce
infections and Antimicrobial Resistance in Ghanaian Homes. This research identified critical
impacts and findings within the Madina, Adenta, and Ga-East Municipalities of Ghana, which has
necessitated an increase in awareness-raising, knowledge management, and information dissemination
within the educational sector in Ghana.
To this, end, the Making the Dust Fly Project seeks to:
❖ Further assess the research impact, since the project end, of the interventions and collect more
evidence;
❖ Widen community impact reach by disseminating more widely through media;
❖ Engage schools and schoolteachers to embed home cleaning and project insights into school
extra curriculum activities and
❖ Engage policymakers and other key stakeholders to disseminate project insights.