The organization says there has been an increase in fungal diseases during the pandemic and due to global warming.
criteria for the list
of pathogens were determined through a discrete choice experiment survey. A minimum sample of 300 researchers with a background in public health or medicine were required. WHO recruited participants for the survey from various countries and regional offices, medical mycology societies and social media. In total, there were 376 participants from around the world.
In order to determine which fungi were the most dangerous, the WHO used best-worst scaling in an additional survey. For this portion of the report, there were 49 respondents. Altogether, results from the two surveys were combined to produce a ranking system to guide research and development requirements, along with provide strategies to control and manage the spread of dangerous fungi.
“We need more data and evidence on fungal infections and antifungal resistance to inform and improve response to these priority fungal pathogens” said Dr Haileyesus Getahun, WHO Director, AMR Global Coordination Department.WHO determined four important findings from the approach. First was the importance of public health in determining the priority of the rankings.
wants to encourage more research on fungal infections so that better treatment options can be created to stop the pathogens from spreading.