Las vacunas de la malaria y su potencial aportación para el control y eliminación de la enfermedad
- Laura Monzón Llamas 1
- Daniel Cobos Muñoz 2
- Paloma Merino Amador 3
- 1 Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud
- 2 Medicina Tropical y Salud Pública Basilea
- 3 Clínica del Hospital Clínico San Carlo de Madrid
ISSN: 2530-2787
Year of publication: 2021
Issue Title: Malaria, un problema de salud global. Informe de la OMS 2020
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Pages: 30-37
Type: Article
More publications in: RIECS: Revista de Investigación y Educación en Ciencias de la Salud
Abstract
Despite the fact that malaria can be prevented and treated, it still produces devastating effects on health and wellbeing of millions worldwide. Due to global, national and local efforts towards malaria control and elimination, the landscape of public health strategies in the endemic countries is changing rapidly.Malaria vaccines are being developed and has reached a stage where they have been taken to phase III and phase IV trials. Vaccination is an essential strategyfor infectious disease control. However, the integration of new vaccines in an existing vaccination plan is not an easy endeavour. The availability of safe vaccines that produce long-lasting protection can be a considerable move in the fight against malaria worldwide. This should be studied in context where other effective public health interventions, such as long-lasting insecticide nets and access to rapid diagnosis and malaria combined treatment, are being applied.