African countries 欠如(する) '即座の 接近' to コレラ ワクチン

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Africa´s public health 機関 says countries with deadly コレラ 突発/発生s on the continent have no "即座の 接近" to ワクチンs まっただ中に a 全世界の 供給(する) 不足.

The 事実上の/代理 director of the Africa 中心s for 病気 支配(する)/統制する and 予防, Ahmed Ogwell, told 新聞記者/雑誌記者s on Thursday that the 機関 is working with the World Health Organization and the ワクチン 同盟 GAVI on ways to 得る more doses.

The Africa CDC is also working with two 地元の 製造業者s to 調査する if their 施設s can be repurposed to 製造(する) コレラ ワクチンs, Ogwell said. He didn't say which ones.

世界保健機構 and its partners recommended in October that countries 一時的に switch to using a 選び出す/独身 dose of the コレラ ワクチン instead of two because of the 供給(する) 不足 as 突発/発生s of the water-borne 病気 殺到する globally. They said one dose of ワクチン has proven 効果的な in stopping 突発/発生s "even though 証拠 on the exact duration of 保護 is 限られた/立憲的な" and appears to be lower in children.

世界保健機構 公式文書,認めるd that Haiti and Syria also are trying to 含む/封じ込める large 突発/発生s. 世界保健機構 and partner 機関s manage a 備蓄(する) of コレラ ワクチンs that are dispensed 解放する/自由な to countries that need them.

Malawi in southern Africa 特に is struggling with a コレラ 突発/発生. The country has 記録,記録的な/記録するd 3,577 new 事例/患者s 含むing 111 deaths in the past week, Ogwell said. They (不足などを)補う the 本体,大部分/ばら積みの of the new コレラ 事例/患者s on the continent.

FILE - Health workers treat cholera patients at the Bwaila Hospital in Lilongwe central Malawi on Jan. 11, 2023. Malawi's cholera outbreak has now claimed more than 1,000 lives by Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2023 according to the country's health minister, who warned that some cultural beliefs and hostility towards health workers are slowing down response efforts. (AP Photo/Thoko Chikondi, File)

FILE - Health 労働者s 扱う/治療する コレラ 患者s at the Bwaila Hospital in Lilongwe central Malawi on Jan. 11, 2023. Malawi's コレラ 突発/発生 has now (人命などを)奪う,主張するd more than 1,000 lives by Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2023 によれば the country's health 大臣, who 警告するd that some cultural beliefs and 敵意 に向かって health 労働者s are slowing 負かす/撃墜する 返答 成果/努力s. (AP Photo/Thoko Chikondi, とじ込み/提出する)

Since the beginning of 2023, there have been 27,300 new 事例/患者s of コレラ 含むing 687 deaths in five African countries, Ogwell said.

The 世界保健機構 has said 気候 change could make コレラ 疫病/流行性のs more ありふれた, as the bacteria that 原因(となる)s the 病気 can 再生する more quickly in warmer water.

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