Within the framework of the scientific visit from Japan to Colombia, a mission from the Asian country will meet next Monday with their Colombian counterparts in order to continue working on the definition of protocols, procedures and ethical aspects in the framework of vaccination and study planned for monkeypox.
According to the Ministry of Health, among the actions that have been carried out was the request to the Clinical Research Institute of the National University to create a research protocol that allows the vaccination process to be deployed and also to obtain data on safety. and efficacy of the use of the monkeypox vaccine. Read: The body of a social leader murdered in 1997 is delivered to a family
Said protocol, according to the portfolio, was discussed with the Ministry of Health and Welfare of Japan and the Japanese National Institute of Infectious Diseases, in accordance with the bilateral agreement signed between the countries, which defines that the protocol of this project must be approved by both parties and guarantee compliance with the recommendations on research in the midst of epidemics issued by the World Health Organization.
Likewise, the Ministry of Health confirmed that approaches have already begun both with the health secretariats and with grassroots community organizations, which bring together the population groups most at risk.
Although the epidemiological trend of monkeypox in the world is a reduction in the number of cases, the continuity of transmission is expected, the WHO has authorized two vaccines, one of these corresponds to the one sold to various countries in Latin America and the second The approved vaccine is the one produced by Japan.
