The Japan Medical Research and Development Organization has adopted an international collaborative research program with Nagasaki University, Hokkaido University, and the Jikei University School of Medicine as a neglected tropical disease control program in Africa.The project was established in 5 after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe promised to start a new international joint research on tropical disease control at an international conference in May, and the three universities will collaborate with universities and research institutes in African countries. We will proceed with research on rapid diagnostic methods and countermeasures against mosquitoes that act as mediators.
Neglected tropical diseases are 17 parasites, bacteria, and viral infections such as dengue fever, schistosomiasis, rabies, Hansen's disease, and lymphatic filariasis that the World Health Organization (WHO) must control.It is widespread in 149 countries and regions, mainly in tropical regions such as Africa and the poor, and it is said that more than hundreds of people in the world are threatened.
Compared to tuberculosis, AIDS, and malaria, which are considered to be the three major infectious diseases, the interest of countries around the world is low, and sufficient measures have not been taken.Infected areas are mainly areas with many poor people such as urban slums and conflict areas, but with global warming, cases of infection in new areas are becoming more prominent, and international measures are urgently needed.
In the international joint research program, universities and research institutes in Japan and African countries will work together to develop preventive, diagnostic, drug discovery, and treatment methods for tropical diseases, and to foster young African researchers through joint research. I am doing it.
