{"id":7103,"date":"2016-09-16T00:31:50","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T00:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/rbwh\/uncategorized\/rbwh-frontline-war-superbugs.html\/"},"modified":"2016-09-16T00:31:50","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T00:31:50","slug":"rbwh-frontline-war-superbugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/rbwh\/news\/rbwh-frontline-war-superbugs","title":{"rendered":"RBWH on the frontline in the war against superbugs"},"content":{"rendered":"

RBWH on the frontline in the war against superbugs<\/h1><\/h1><\/div>
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Director Jason Roberts, a UQ School of Medicine and School of Pharmacy Professor and a Consultant Clinical Pharmacist at the RBWH, at the official launch of CRE REDUCE at the RBWH. The centre is funded by a $2.1 million National Health and Medical Research Council grant.<\/p><\/div>\n

The Royal Brisbane and Women\u2019s Hospital has joined an international effort to slow the emergence of superbugs.<\/p>\n

Launched at RBWH in July, the University of Queensland\u2019s Centre of Research Excellence for REdefining antimicrobial use to reDUce resistanCE (CRE REDUCE) is tackling the global problem head on.<\/p>\n

The RBWH has become a key battleground in the war with Australia’s leading national and international experts converging on the hospital\u2019s world-class research facilities.<\/p>\n

Director Jason Roberts said CRE REDUCE brings top researchers and clinicians from more than 20 countries together to accelerate research output and fast-track transformative discoveries in antibiotic resistance.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur research aims to slow this dire trajectory and buy more time for researchers developing new antimicrobials, a process which takes at least 13 years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

CRE REDUCE is applying a multi-pronged attack to gain ground on drug resistant superbugs, which includes antibiotic development, redefining antibiotic use and community engagement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll also be working to develop international capacity by fostering post-graduate and post-doctoral fellow research,\u201d Professor Roberts said.<\/p>\n

The World Health Organization has identified antimicrobial resistance as one of the greatest worldwide threats to public health.<\/p>\n

Professor Roberts said it is estimated that 10 million deaths a year will be caused by antimicrobial resistant superbugs by 2050, compared to 8.2 million from cancer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe situation is urgent \u2013 increasingly we are seeing patients infected with bacteria that are resistant to all our antimicrobials,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is essential that experts in basic, clinical and translational science collaborate to generate new approaches to treating patients, which can then be shared with doctors around the world as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>

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