Thematic Support - Disease Control and Elimination

该专题有一个庞大的组合，其中包括旨在减轻西非地区最常见的疾病和死亡原因的负担的研究，即疟疾、细菌引起的感染和病毒引起的感染。从新冠肺炎大流行开始，该主题就发展了一个庞大的组合，试图了解这场大流行在该国的影响，以及为什么感染的严重程度低于预期。该主题进行的研究产生了不同领域的知识。以下是一些关键的例子：--关于控制疟疾(减少每年的病例数)和消除(达到0例)的专题研究工作。在疟疾控制方面，该股与国家疟疾控制方案合作，监测不同抗疟疾药物的疗效，并根据监测结果更新疟疾患者的国家治疗政策。在消除疟疾方面，该主题设计了新的干预措施，在病例数量非常低的地区防治疟疾(反应性治疗)。这些研究在淘汰前阶段很重要。-本专题开展的研究为有关肺炎球菌结合疫苗免疫的国家和国际政策提供了信息。这一点很重要，因为肺炎球菌仍然是该区域5岁以下儿童死亡的主要原因。-主题提供了在该国推出轮状病毒疫苗的数据，随后提供了关于疫苗在减少轮状病毒病例和死亡方面的效果的数据。-2020年间，第一波新冠肺炎病没有增加中国农村地区的死亡率。

The theme has a large portfolio that includes research aimed to decrease the burden of the most common causes of illness and mortality in the West African region, namely malaria, infections caused by bacteria and infections caused by viruses. From the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the theme has developed a large portfolio to try to understand the effect of the pandemic in the country and why the severity of the infections has been lower than anticipated. The research conducted by the Theme has generated knowledge in the different areas. Some key examples follow:- Research at the theme works on the control of malaria (to decrease the annual number of cases) and elimination (to reach the 0 cases). In malaria control, the Unit has worked along with the National Malaria Control Program to monitor the efficacy of different anti-malarial medicines and with the results update the National treatment policy of malaria patients. In malaria elimination, the theme has designed novel interventions against malaria in regions where the number of cases is very low (reactive treatment). These studies are important in pre-elimination stages. - Research conducted by the theme has informed national and international policies on the immunization with the Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. This is important as Pneumococcus is still a main contributor of under-5 mortality in the region.- The Theme provided data for the introduction of the Rotavirus vaccine in the country followed by data on the effect of the vaccine in reducing Rotavirus cases and deaths. - During 2020, the first wave of COVID-19 disease did not increase mortality in the rural areas of the country.