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Skip the sensational rewrite and read the original statement by van Rhijn et al., published in The Lancet: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...

The authors lament the lack of research (and action) on treatment of fungal diseases, despite the introduction of a WHO focus group (WHO FPPL).

The paragraph in question which mentions a "silent pandemic" (AMR = antimicrobial resistance):

"The primary purpose of the WHO FPPL was to guide research, development, and public health action. Unfortunately, the desired effect has not yet been fully achieved as judged by the scope of the articles in The Lancet Series on AMR. Despite the clear need to prominently highlight fungal AMR, we express our disappointment that, even after many years of calling for action for this silent pandemic, only five sentences in one of the four Series papers are devoted to a few fungal pathogens."