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Today, Stephanie Desmond talks to Hatim Satti, the technical leader of a new report from the WHO that highlights the growing threats posed by deadly fungal pathogens and lays out an

urgent case for why we need more research and surveillance

to reduce the threats. Let's listen. Hatim Sati, thanks so much for joining me. Thank you for

having me. So we have you here today to talk about this fungal priority pathogens list that was created by the WHO and you are intimately involved

with. Talk to me about, you know, why we need a fungal priority pathogens list and what is it?

Sure. Thank you again for having me. The NLol Fungal Priority Pathogens List is the first global effort to systematically prioritize

fungal pathogens taken into consideration the unmet need for research and development of new

treatment modalities and diagnostics, but also the perceived

public health importance of these pathogens.

To our knowledge, there hasn't been any similar list.

The CDC, I think in 2016, had its critical pathogens list in the context of AMR.

And that list included two or three fungi.

But beyond that, there hasn't been any global effort to focus on these fungal pathogens.

And you asked why. fungal pathogens causing,

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