On 28 February, a list of twelve very resistant bacterial pathogens was published to initiate a world wide coordinated race for developing new treatments. The World Health Organisation and other international health organisations are highly concerned that the few antibiotics that we have worldwide as last lines of defence, soon will be useless against this Dirty Dozen.
This podcast summarizes what is in the WHO call to action, and looks at what public health professionals can do to contribute to some solutions