Gema Fernández Rivas

Gema Fernández Rivas is a seasoned physician with over two decades of experience at the Germans Trias Hospital in Badalona, Spain. As a spokesperson for the Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, she has been at the forefront of understanding the rising prevalence of gonorrhea, which has seen a significant increase in cases, particularly among young men. Her work highlights the urgent need for new treatments as existing antibiotics lose efficacy against increasingly resistant bacterial strains.