*NEWS* *NEWS* *NEWS* Are We There Yet? will be presented at UNGA 79 at the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations in New York in conjunction with the high-level General Debate, September 25, 2024.
Facing Our Future
Gabriel Ankar, Rebecca Lagerstedt

The World Health Organisation has declared  that antimicrobial resistance is one of the top 10 global public health threats facing humanity (1), and is one of the leading factors of infant mortality. About 2.3 million newborns die of severe bacterial infections each year (2). Antimicrobial resistance will reduce the efficiency of treatment. We need to take responsibility and action to give our future generations a fair start in life.

(1) Nature, ‘Characterization of antimicrobial-resistant Gram-negative bacteria that cause neonatal sepsis in seven low- and middle-income countries’, 2021.

(2) Unicef, ‘The neonatal period is the most vulnerable time for a child’, 2023.
  


The yearly interdisciplinary collaboration between the Visual Communication students at Beckmans College of Design, the researchers at the Beijer Institute and Svenskt Tenn was initiated in 2017.
The collaboration aims to open up new formats and languages for research and visual communication – to meet, to interplay, and convey knowledge both rationally and emotionally.  

In 2023 the students interpret the Beijer Institute’s highly topical research on antibiotic resistance, one of the biggest threats to global health and food security right now.  

Antibiotic resistance occurs naturally: misuse of antibiotics in humans and animals however is accelerating this process. We want to highlight common misconceptions, encourage conversations and emphasise the fact that action, taken at all levels of society, can reduce the impact and limit the spread of resistance.  

Science states that we are definitely there, and beyond. What does it take for the rest of us to understand?

Participating Students  
Andreas Rehnberg, Caroline Hallersjö, Ernst Lilja, Gabriel Ankar, Greta Gustafsson, Jonas Hemlin, Justus Skördeman, Klara Viridén, Linnea Arminda Birkelund, Ludvig Wänelöf, Mauritz Larsson, Oscar Hagberg, Rebecca Lagerstedt, Salmah Jumbe, Ted Söderberg.  

Course Director
 Sophia Wood  

External Mentor
Helena Hammarskiöld  

Exhibition Concept
Andreas Rehnberg, Caroline Hallersjö, Ernst Lilja, Klara Viridén, Ludvig Wänelöf, Mauritz Larsson.

Exhibiton Design
Caroline Hallersjö, Mauritz Larsson

Photography
Greta Gustafsson, Jonas Hemlin

Website
Mauritz Larsson

Participating Researchers
Max Troell, Patrik Henriksson (The Beijer Institute),  
Peter Søgaard Jørgensen, Tiscar Graells (GEDB),  
Andrea Caputo Svensson (ReAct - Action on Antibiotic Resistance). 

Svenskt Tenn
Thommy Bindefeld (Senior Advisor),
Karin Södergren (Head Curator),
Åsa Brenner Toris (Curator),
Klara Hjärtsjö (Project Coordinator).  

Exhibitions and Dates  
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences,
Stockholm, 18/4–8/5
The University Main Building, Uppsala, 9–10/5
Svenskt Tenn, Stockholm, 8/6–17/6

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