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Author: Noah Duff
Take on Typhoid Newsletter February 2020
See past issues in our Newsletter Archives In this issue: A typhoid-free future for Pakistan with TCV New interactive tool allows countries to explore projected TCV impact and cost-effectiveness TyVAC ...
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Experts gather to take action on typhoid and cholera
Today marks the first day of the 15th Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Disease and Nutrition (ASCODD) taking place in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Ahead of the conference, I sat with Dr. Firdausi ...
Read more2019 – a year to celebrate
See past issues in our Newsletter Archives In this issue: 2019 – a year to celebrate Pakistan introduces TCV Typhoid vaccine more than 80 percent effective in Nepal Talking typhoid ...
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Gavi: Pakistan Becomes First Country to Introduce New Typhoid Vaccine into Routine Immunization Program
Press release from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance: Gavi-supported introduction of new and improved typhoid conjugate vaccine to offer protection against increasingly drug-resistant disease KARACHI (15 November 2019) — Pakistan today ...
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Every interaction is an intervention
Typhoid, a fecal-orally transmitted bacterial illness that’s often found in communities where people lack access to clean water and improved sanitation, has plagued Pakistan for centuries.1 It’s an illness that ...
Read moreTake on Typhoid Newsletter October 2019
See past issues in our Newsletter Archives In this issue: A new supplement: The past, present, and future of typhoid control Laos stakeholder meeting Advocating to take on typhoid: New ...
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Typhoid: A ghost of the past that never really went away
Does the name William Budd sound familiar? If you’re thinking about typhoid prevention and control, then William Budd has had a profound impact on your life. Budd, an English physician ...
Read moreHigh prevalence of multiple drug resistant enteric bacteria: Evidence from a teaching hospital in Southwest Nigeria
AUTHORS Adeyemi Kayode, Pelumi Okunrounmu, Abiodun Olagbende, Oyeronke Adedokun, Abdul-Wasiu Hassan, Glory Atilola ABSTRACT The development and evolution of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in pathogens has been reported to be one ...
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Confirming what we know: The typhoid conjugate vaccine is safe
Recently, the World Health Organization Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) reviewed newly available safety data on Typbar TCV®, which is currently the only licensed, prequalified, and recommended typhoid ...
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