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    G7 Nations Call for Action on Antibiotic Resistance, Tropical Diseases

    By Global Biodefense StaffMay 4, 2015
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    The national science academies of the G7 countries issued statements to their respective governments calling for a comprehensive strategy to tackle health threats from infectious diseases and progress toward preventing, controlling, and eliminating Neglected Tropical Diseases.

    The papers were drawn up by the seven national academies under the aegis of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina for discussion during the G7 summit to be held in Germany this June.

    Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance: Threats and Necessary Actions

    The first statement concerns the rising number of infections worldwide caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. In parallel, the number of effective antibiotics is falling steadily. The G7 academies call for:

    • Accelerating research and production of new antimicrobial agents, vaccines and diagnostics
    • Prioritizing the research agenda to fill knowledge gaps for key diseases
    • Installing global surveillance programs
    • Raising awareness in society
    • A coordinated rapid response in the face of major epidemics

    Neglected Tropical Diseases

    The second statement concerns neglected tropical diseases (NTD) that often affect people in poorer parts of the world, such as African sleeping sickness, river blindness, and dengue fever. The Ebola epidemic in West Africa highlights the possible consequences of an outbreak of a disease that is well known but for which there is a lack of reliable vaccines or drugs. The G7 academies call for:

    • Increasing efforts to empower and build capacity in affected countries to deal with these diseases
    • Intensifying research on NTDs
    • Developing and delivering affordable and accessible treatments
    • NTDs to be fully accounted for in the Sustainable Development Goals

    The science academies of the G7 nations have been supporting the summit meeting of their heads of state and government for ten years. In the run-up to the summit, they consider pressing issues that are related to the agenda of the meeting but that go beyond it in scope and that need to be addressed multilaterally.

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