They prepare vaccines against chagas and leishmaniasis

In order to find a vaccine stop and fight the development of diseases As the Chagas disease Y leishmaniasis , the Carlos Slim Health Institute , works in the development of these.

The Chagas disease It is a tropical parasitic disease, which is contracted by the bite of an insect known as "bug kiss", by transfusions of contaminated blood, congenitally or by organ transplantation. In Mexico, 1.75% of the population suffers.

While the leishmaniasis It is a condition that affects the skin and mucous membranes. Skin sores usually start at the site of the sandfly bite. In a few people, the sores can develop on the mucous membranes and can occur on any continent, except Australia and Antarctica.

In an interview for GetQoralHealth , the doctor Miguel Betancourt , director of global solutions Carlos Slim Health Institute , points out:

"We are now in the first phase and we have very promising results, but it will be a matter of a few years for Mexico to have these vaccinations and help the most unprotected population. "

Dr. Betancourt estimates that these vaccines can improve the lives of more than 100 million people who live on less than two dollars a day in Texas, Latin America and the Caribbean.

The patents, he says, "will be used as public goods, accessible to public institutions for distribution to all people."
 

In this way, the Carlos Slim Health Institute , goes one step further to support the most unprotected and vulnerable people by investing in the creation of tropical diseases that affect the country's minority.


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