8. The race against antimicrobial resistance: Fighting a silent killer

Antimicrobials are essential to modern medicine, not just for treating active bacterial infections but during routine procedures such as caesarean sections, organ transplants or chemotherapy. 

In recent decades, there has been a lack of development of new antibiotics and old ones are becoming ineffective. 

Our guests, Dame Sally Davies and Dr Avi Cherla argue that without new antibiotics, along with a marked change in the way we use existing treatments, the impact of antimicrobial resistance will be devastating. 

Hosts 

Dr Rocco Friebel 

Robin Forrest  

Guests 

Dame Sally Davies (Former Chief Medical Officer of England) 

Avi Cherla (Senior Health Policy Associate) 

References (Introduction) 

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PLV3H8ZgWA 

BBC

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_auslgbkxw 

Endevr 

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqS7oOSKPLw 

Link: TED 

link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma_HXBEmxPo 

BBC 

link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIEcBb60tpo 

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