2022·

Silent Pandemic

Name: Silent Pandemic
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2022-06-21
Duration: 89 min

1h 29m·Documentary·

The world is on the cusp of an ominous development: Bacteria are building resistance to existing antibiotics faster than new antibiotics are entering the market. An ever-widening cavity is opening up. This "antibiotic gap", as experts call this development, marks the beginning of a new era in medicine. For the first time in recent history, we have to come to terms with the fact that not all bacterial infections are treatable anymore - with implications for all areas of medicine, from surgery to oncology. The WHO has been using the term "silent pandemic" since the fall of 2021 because, unlike Corona, antibiotic resistance is creeping into our society unnoticed - but it is shaking up our healthcare system just as overarchingly. The issue is currently so serious that it is being treated with the same degree of urgency on the international policy stage as climate change or migration.

DirectorMichael WechStudioBroadview TV

Overview Discussion

Actor	Role
AAgnes BalasaSelf - Concerned Person	Self - Concerned Person
EElla BalasaSelf - Concerned Person	Self - Concerned Person
AAna BerceanuSelf - Oncologist CHRU Besançon	Self - Oncologist CHRU Besançon
SSally DaviesSelf - British Physician, UK Special Envoy on AMR	Self - British Physician, UK Special Envoy on AMR
AAlena EhlersSelf - Concerned Person	Self - Concerned Person
CChristina FuhrmanSelf - Concerned Person	Self - Concerned Person
DDane FuhrmanSelf - Concerned Person	Self - Concerned Person
CClaire GordonSelf - Microbiologist Fleming Fund	Self - Microbiologist Fleming Fund
RRumina HasanSelf - Microbiologist	Self - Microbiologist
ZZahra HasanSelf - Molecular Pathologist	Self - Molecular Pathologist
MMba Isaac StonerSelf - Managing Director and Co-Founder of Octagon Therapeutics	Self - Managing Director and Co-Founder of Octagon Therapeutics
MMoses JolobaSelf - HoD of Medical Microbiology, Makerere University College of Health Sciences	Self - HoD of Medical Microbiology, Makerere University College of Health Sciences
RRamanan LaxminarayanSelf - Director Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy, Washington	Self - Director Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy, Washington
BBadru MiyuleSelf - Concerned Person	Self - Concerned Person
CChristine NajukaSelf - Microbiologist	Self - Microbiologist
GGladys NambayoSelf - Concerned Person	Self - Concerned Person
FFarah QamarSelf - Pediatrician	Self - Pediatrician
LLance PriceSelf - Professor at George Washington University and co-director of the Antibiotic Resistance Action Center	Self - Professor at George Washington University and co-director of the Antibiotic Resistance Action Center