WHO / ANTIBIOTICS RESISTANCE

The World Health Organization (WHO) today published its first ever list of antibiotic-resistant “priority pathogens” and called on governments to help increase the research and development of new antibiotics to address the growing problem. WHO

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:59
• Production Date: 27 February 2017
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - WHO
• Subject Topical: HEALTH HAZARDS
• MAMS Id: 1838410
• Parent Id: 1838410
• Alternate Title: unifeed170227e

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STORY: WHO / ANTIBIOTICS RESISTANCE
TRT: 01:59
SOURCE: WHO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

DATELINE: 27 FEBRUARY 2017, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

Shotlist

FILE - GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

1. Wide shot, WHO flag

27 FEBRUARY 2017, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

2. Nicola Magrini, Scientist, World Health Organization (WHO):
“Today we announce the release of the first WHO global pathogen list. That is prioritised list of important bacteria that have whose important resistance or high burden on mortality rate or hospitalisation. And it will be very important for governments and industry for developing new models to actually discover and put into the market new drugs.”

FILE - SOUTH AFRICA

11. Various shots, child receiving TB treatment

27 FEBRUARY 2017, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

3. Nicola Magrini, Scientist, World Health Organization (WHO):
“The twelve families of resistant bacteria were categorised, actually ranked into three different categories. The critical ones include resistant bacteria that can cause very severe hospital infection, typically in patients hospitalised or having a catheter.”

FILE – FRANCE, JANUARY 2014

4. Various shots, patient receiving chemotherapy

27 FEBRUARY 2017, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

5. Nicola Magrini, Scientist, World Health Organization (WHO):
“The main aim of WHO is to support governments, in this case to support a G20 initiative in this sense. So this list was actually launched today to feed the G20 meeting, forthcoming meeting of health ministers and then the G20 summit on trying to attract the attention of the G20 on finding new mechanisms to develop new antibiotics.”
FILE – BENIN, NOVEMBER 2010

6. Various shots, patient receiving antibiotic treatment

Storyline

The World Health Organization (WHO) today (27 Feb) published its first ever list of antibiotic-resistant “priority pathogens” and called on governments to help increase the research and development (R&D) of new antibiotics to address the growing problem.

WHO published the list Monday ahead of this week’s G20 meeting of health experts to spur governments to put in place policies that incentivize basic science and advanced R&D by both publicly funded agencies and the private sector investing in new antibiotic discovery.

The list names 12 families of bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health divided into three categories according to the urgency of need for new antibiotics. It highlights in particular the threat of gram-negative bacteria that are resistant to multiple antibiotics which have built-in abilities to find new ways to resist treatment and can pass along genetic material that allows other bacteria to become drug-resistant as well.

WHO scientist Nicola Magrini said the discovery and development of new drugs, including antibiotics usually takes around ten years or more. He said the list was “trying to attract the attention of the G20 on finding new mechanisms to develop new antibiotics.”

WHO said while more R&D was vital, it cannot solve the problem alone. The Organization said there had to be better prevention of infections and appropriate use of existing antibiotics in humans and animals, as well as rational use of any new antibiotics that are developed in future to properly address antibiotic resistance.