予防接種:重要な進展,未完成の議題
Peter Piot1, Heidi J Larson2,3,4, Katherine L O'Brien5
1Office of the Director, Vaccine Centre and Vaccine Confidence Project, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK. peter.piot@lshtm.ac.uk.
Nature
|November 8, 2019
まとめ
ワクチン接種によって 何百万もの命が救われていますが 予防接種の範囲は 大きく違っており 世界的な予防接種プログラムで 満たされていないニーズが 持続していることを強調しています 大規模なワクチンの利用を確保することは 重要な健康上の優先事項です
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生
- 免疫学
- 世界保健
背景:
- ワクチン接種は現代医学の礎石であり,子供と成人の感染性疾患による死亡率を劇的に減少させています.
- 効果が証明されているにも関わらず,ワクチン接種率の格差は世界的にも国家内にも存在しています.
- 科学の進歩により ワクチン開発の新たな可能性が生まれていますが ワクチンの導入には 多くの障壁があります
研究 の 目的:
- ワクチン接種が公衆衛生に果たす 重要な役割を強調する
- 普遍的なワクチン接種率を達成するために,満たされていないニーズと課題を特定し,対処する.
- 継続的な投資と予防接種プログラムの優先順位付けの重要性を強調する.
主な方法:
- 全国および地方のワクチン接種率の分析
- ワクチンの開発と実施の経路における課題の検討
- 免疫の社会的および健康的利益の評価
主要な成果:
- ワクチン接種率は地域や集団によって大きく異なります.
- 予防接種プログラムにおける大きなギャップと満たされていないニーズが依然として存在しています.
- ワクチンの発見から広範な実施までの旅は複雑で 財政的,開発的,物流的な課題が含まれています
結論:
- 予防接種は非常に効果的な公衆衛生の介入であり,健全な投資です.
- ワクチンの接種率の格差をなくすことは グローバルな健康の公平性にとって 極めて重要です
- 研究,産業,公衆衛生部門からの持続的なコミットメントは,予防接種プログラムの優先順位と改善に不可欠です.
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