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Rise of the Superbugs

We are headed towards a post-antibiotic era, a world where common infections could become life-threatening. That's the message from The World Health Organisation, but are we listening?Rise of the Superbugs is a six-part series about antimicrobial resistance or "superbugs, telling the scary (but solvable) story of superbugs.The series explores our medical systems, through personal stories, waterways and acts of (human) resistance. We’ll talk to experts as we dig into our medicine cabinets, hospitals and backyards, the known past and predicted futures.Rise of the Superbugs reveals where the media has gone wrong in telling the superbug story and why we need to retell it.Host: Dr Britta Jorgensen. Producers: Sarah Mashman and Silvi Vann-Wall. Executive Producer: Professor Mia Lindgren.

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The medicine cupboard: Antibiotics in Australia

November 17, 2021 • Rise of the Superbugs • Season 1 • Episode 1

Most Australians will use antibiotics in our lifetimes but there is a lot we don’t understand about how they work. In Episode 1 of our series we find out how most of us use antibiotics, what we know about them and what we get wrong. We hear stories about some of the most common uses of antibiotics, the uncertainty about when we need them and the fear that drives us to seek them when we may not, particularly for our children. We learn that antimicrobial resistance is a more complex issue than we can imagine – and why we’re making this podcast.

Here is a link to Davina’s 2020 study:

Role crisis, risk and trust in Australian general public narratives about antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance

There is some great information on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) from the Australian government here:

https://www.amr.gov.au

And from the World Health Organisation (WHO):

https://www.who.int/health-topics/antimicrobial-resistance

For more info on World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021 (18-24 November) head here:

https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-antimicrobial-awareness-week/2021

Host and producer: Dr Britta Jorgensen.

Producers: Sarah Mashman and Silvi Vann-Wall.

Executive Producer: Professor Mia Lindgren.