The silent pandemic: Antibiotic resistance

The 34th talk of the APS talks series, titled ‘The silent pandemic: Antibiotic resistance’, will be presented by Prof. Michael A. Borg on Thursday 12 Sep 2024 at 18:30.

Join us for this insightful event where Prof. Borg will explore how antibiotics have been the cornerstone of medical practice for over 70 years, shaping modern healthcare as we know it. However, in recent decades, we have witnessed a troubling trend: bacteria, particularly those responsible for serious, life-threatening infections in hospitals, are increasingly becoming resistant to antibiotics. This means that treatments that were once effective in eliminating bacterial infections are now losing their effectiveness.

Prof. Borg will address critical questions, including: What is driving this rise in antibiotic resistance? Should we be concerned? How might this impact us? And most importantly, what steps can we take to reverse this trend and ensure that antibiotics remain effective for future generations?

Speaker

Prof. Michael A. Borg

Heads the Department of Infection Prevention & Control at Mater Dei Hospital in Malta and chairs the National Antibiotic Committee. He also holds a professorship in clinical microbiology with the University of Malta and is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. He has extensive international experience, being a past chair of the International Federation of Infection Control (IFIC) and an advisor to the European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC) on the prevention of hospital infections and the prudent use of antibiotics in human medicine. He has authored or collaborated in more than 100 publications on these subjects within peer reviewed journals and is recognised as one of the leading experts in his field, having been included in Stanford University’s list of the top 2% scientists in the world.

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