06/16/2024
This Sunday I am excited to release my latest international podcast episode on the Alloutcoach YouTube Channel https://youtu.be/-Wxm90OGgFg - watch this discussion and follow the English subtitles. If you have every taken antibiotics, or know friends and loved ones who have struggled with various infections, were hospitalized, or even had to deal with antimicrobial resistance, make sure to watch this conversation.
I sat down with a special guest from my native country, Republic of Georgia, and global ambassador of a critical alternative solution against tough chronic infections and antimicrobial resistance on behalf of a global center of excellence in bacteriophage therapy, discovered over 100 years ago.
While only a few years ago there were only a handful clinical trials investigating bacteriophage treatments, there are over 50 studies in the U.S. alone enrolled in the last year. So it was amazing to hear about just how much global investment, interest, and research is now taking place to bring to patients bacteriophage therapy in our global public health problem of chronic, serious infections and antimicrobial resistance.
My guest, Davit Sturua, Doctor of Business Administration, Public Health and Medical Tourism expert, is the director of the Eliava Phage Therapy Center, a global leader in real-world, clinical, research, and commercial experience with naturally occurring bacteriophage treatments.
He discusses the Georgian center's 100-year old history and evolution, its extensive experience treating patients across 84 countries, explains the current global public health problem, and provides an update along with rationale on the recent growth in clinical studies investigating phage therapy across the globe in this part 1 of 2 episodes on this topic.
Watch this episode with English subtitles to learn about how you, your friends, family, healthcare payers and experts, healthcare providers, patients and their loved ones can consider alternative options via telemedicine or in person to treat chronic, tough bacterial infections or prevent antimicrobial resistance. Stay tuned for the next episode (part 2) on this topic with my guest Dr. Dea Nizharadze, Chief Physician at the Eliava Phage Therapy Center, who delves deeper into the typical course of treatment, patient journey, and various scientific attributes of phage treatments.
In this special episode I spoke with an international guest from my native country, Republic of Georgia, ...