Typhoid, currently endemic in many parts of Asia and Africa, remains a major public health challenge. It can be effectively treated with antibiotics, but drug resistance is increasing. This makes ...
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Typhoid, currently endemic in many parts of Asia and Africa, remains a major public health challenge. It can be effectively treated with antibiotics, but drug resistance is increasing. This makes ...
Read moreNational vaccine introduction campaigns require immense resources and support from government officials, health care workers, and community members. Local community knowledge of a vaccine before and during a campaign is ...
Read moreDuring World Immunization Week, we celebrate the lifesaving power of vaccines and the health care workers and policymakers who deliver and introduce vaccines in their communities. At TyVAC, we’ve had ...
Read moreEarlier this year, Tuvalu launched a typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) campaign in schools and local communities, aiming to protect the entire population from typhoid. The country has recently seen an ...
Read moreThis post originally appeared on the International Vaccine Institute’s website on July 28. “A vaccination campaign requires a lot of manpower and resources, not only from the health personnel but ...
Read moreImprovements in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), one of the key UN Sustainable Development Goals, are critical to improving community protection from disease. The consequences of inadequate WASH systems can ...
Read moreIndia is used to heavy rains between June and September, which is considered the rainy season and when most of South Asia’s annual rainfall occurs. Unfortunately, monsoons in the area ...
Read moreThis blog was originally posted on the International Vaccine Institute’s website on July 24, 2023. As we walk through the courtyard, students on their way to class hold up their ...
Read moreIn January 2023, Kwasi (a pseudonym) was a patient at Afrancho Polyclinic in the Afigya Kwabre South District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He had been in the hospital ...
Read morePacific Island nations including Fiji, Samoa, Nauru, and Papua New Guinea suffer frequent typhoid outbreaks and a substantial number of typhoid cases. Fiji, an archipelago of more than 100 inhabited ...
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