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A crisis bigger than Covid: The new war on antibiotic resistance
5 Apr, 2021 09:45 PM
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No new class of antibiotics has been brought to market for decades. Photo / Sharon McCutcheon, Unsplash
No new class of antibiotics has been brought to market for decades. Photo / Sharon McCutcheon, Unsplash
Daily Telegraph UK
By: Harry de Quetteville
Isabelle Carnell-Holdaway was only 15 when, in 2017, the cystic fibrosis she had endured all her life forced her to have a double lung transplant.
CF patients depend on antibiotics every day to keep at bay infections that scar their lung tissue. After her transplant, with her immune system suppressed to prevent rejection of the new organs, Isabelle was even more reliant on the drugs.
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Isabelle Carnell-Holdaway was only 15 when, in 2017, the cystic fibrosis she had endured all her life forced her to have a double lung transplant. CF patients depend on antibiotics every day to keep at bay infections that scar their lung tissue. After her transplant, with her immune system suppressed to prevent rejection of the new organs, Isabelle was even more reliant on the drugs.
But infection did take hold. A strain of the bacteria mycobacterium abscessus, resistant to antibiotics, swept through her body. Her operation wound became livid and red. Her skin erupted in weeping sores. As the drugs failed, consultants at Great Ormond Street prepared for the worst. Then her mother, Jo, after carrying out her own research, asked about using bacteria-killing viruses, known as phage, to do what the antibiotics could not.
Federal Council concludes privileges and immunities agreement with GARDP Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Bern, 10.03.2021 - The Federal Council and the Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (GARDP) signed an agreement on 10 March 2021 concerning the privileges and immunities of the organisation in Switzerland. The GARDP plays a major role in the fight against antibiotic resistance.
The agreement was signed at a ceremony in Bern by Ambassador Corinne Cicéron Bühler, head of the Directorate of International Law (DIL) at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, on behalf of the Federal Council, and Mr Manica Balasegaram, executive director of the GARDP. The conclusion of the agreement was approved by the Federal Council at its meeting on 24 February 2021. The Host State Act is the legal basis for the agreement.
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