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Join us on for a screening of “SILENT PANDEMIC – The global fight against Antimicrobial Resistance.” Produced by Emmy Award-winner Leopold Hoesch, the film explores the global medical crisis of antibiotic resistance.
The world is on the cusp of an ominous development: bacteria are building resistance to existing antibiotics faster than new antibiotics are entering the market. An ever-widening cavity is opening up. This “antibiotic gap,” as experts call this development, marks the beginning of a new era in medicine. For the first time in recent history, we have to come to terms with the fact that not all bacterial infections are treatable anymore – with implications for all areas of medicine, from surgery to oncology. The WHO has been using the term “silent pandemic” since the fall of 2021 because, unlike Corona, antibiotic resistance is creeping into our society unnoticed – but it is shaking up our healthcare system just as overarchingly. The issue is currently so serious that it is being treated with the same degree of urgency on the international policy stage as climate change or migration.
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Film Screening: “SILENT PANDEMIC”
Event Date
Wed, Mar 29, 2023 ・ 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Location
Guyot Hall, Room 10
This event is postponed to a later date. Check back for more information.
Join us on for a screening of “SILENT PANDEMIC – The global fight against Antimicrobial Resistance.” Produced by Emmy Award-winner Leopold Hoesch, the film explores the global medical crisis of antibiotic resistance.
The world is on the cusp of an ominous development: bacteria are building resistance to existing antibiotics faster than new antibiotics are entering the market. An ever-widening cavity is opening up. This “antibiotic gap,” as experts call this development, marks the beginning of a new era in medicine. For the first time in recent history, we have to come to terms with the fact that not all bacterial infections are treatable anymore – with implications for all areas of medicine, from surgery to oncology. The WHO has been using the term “silent pandemic” since the fall of 2021 because, unlike Corona, antibiotic resistance is creeping into our society unnoticed – but it is shaking up our healthcare system just as overarchingly. The issue is currently so serious that it is being treated with the same degree of urgency on the international policy stage as climate change or migration.
