Antibiotic Resistance (Rerun)
The effectiveness of antibiotics is threatened because some bacteria can adapt and resist treatment.
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By: Caroline Paré Follow
2 min
Antibiotics are drugs used to fight infections caused by bacteria: tuberculosis, pneumonia, bronchitis, ear infections, meningitis, urinary tract infections, septicemia, sexually transmitted diseases, etc.
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It is one of the most important discoveries in medicine, which has saved and is saving millions of lives every year, but its effectiveness is under threat because some bacteria can adapt and resist treatment.
Antibiotics kill bacteria, or block their growth.
Resistant bacteria have become immune to these drugs.
We talk about resistance to antibiotics or antibacterials.
According to the WHO, antibiotic resistance is one of the most serious threats to global health, food security and development today.
How to fight the spread of antibiotic resistance?
Dr Thierry Naas
, Director of
the National Reference Center for Antibiotic Resistance
Nada Malou,
microbiologist referent at
MSF
, specialized in infectious and tropical diseases
Dr Thomas Borel
, Scientific Director of
Leem,
the professional organization of drug companies
operating in France
Prof. Aristophane Tanon
, infectious disease
specialist
at the Treichville University Hospital in Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire.
At the end of the program, we find a report by
Charlie Dupiot
on the traditional bath for
newborns
in Togo.
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