The World Health Organization announced on Monday (10/2), statement Recommending vaccination against mosquito-borne diseases. The document approves a new malaria vaccine and recommends that countries where dengue fever is endemic apply the Codinga vaccine primarily to children and adolescents.
The R21/Matrix-M vaccine for malaria prevention is now officially recommended by the World Health Organization. It is the second vaccine against the disease to obtain approval from the authority after RTS, S/AS01 in 2021.
“As a malaria researcher, I dreamed of the day when we would have a safe and effective vaccine. Now we have two,” said WHO Director-General Nurse Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
The global goal is to eliminate the disease by 2030. Currently, malaria prevention does not depend on indoor residual spraying and/or mass or routine distribution of insecticide-treated nets. Vaccine development is nascent and supply is still insufficient to meet demand, according to the World Health Organization.
Malaria is caused by parasites of the genus Plasmodium, transmitted by the Anopheles mosquito, and can be fatal if not treated properly. In the Americas, 520,000 cases were recorded in 2021, with about 120 deaths according to the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization. This disease is endemic in the Amazon region.
Dengue fever Dengue fever is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, and it is an endemic disease in Brazil. In the statement, the World Health Organization estimates that cases are likely to continue to increase around the world, due to unregulated urbanization and climate change.
The authority recommended introducing the Japanese Qdenga vaccine to children and adolescents aged 6 to 16 years. In Brazil, it was the vaccine consent By the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) in March, for the population aged 4 to 60 years, but it is not yet available in the United States. The vaccine schedule is two subcutaneous doses, three months apart.
Source: Ascom Coven, with information from the World Health Organization
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