Source · Select Committees · Women and Equalities Committee
Recommendation 7
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Set out steps and funding for developing new antibiotics for gonorrhoea and other STIs.
Recommendation
It is worrying that we are seeing antibiotic resistance to some STIs—particularly gonorrhoea, where the rate of diagnoses has reached record levels, and for which young people and other communities at greatest risk are most likely to experience drug resistance. In response to this Report the Government should set out the steps it is taking to develop new antibiotics for the treatment of gonorrhoea, shigella and mycoplasma genitalia, and other relevant STIs, including the level of funding it is providing to support that research. (Paragraph 39) Prevention
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 7 May 2025. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗