Last month in Kericho, Kenya, our team was proud to launch a Phase 3 study of the EuTCV typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) candidate. As principal investigators based at Kenya Medical ...
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Author: Dr. Frederick Sawe and Dr. Lucy Koech, KEMRI/HJFMRI, Kericho
Reaching every child in Pakistan: TCV rolls out to remaining provinces completing nationwide introduction
Today, Pakistan began their final typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) introduction campaign to ensure that children are protected against typhoid. This is a major achievement and fulfills a commitment from the ...
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Unprecedented floods pose serious health risks in Pakistan
Environmental impacts on human health Droughts, floods, earthquakes—disasters our planet knows all too well. We have seen how these disasters have dramatic impacts on the health of communities. The recent ...
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New TCV data from Malawi highlight longer-term immune response
Typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) is highly immunogenic in Malawian children as young as 9 months of age! New data show TCV elicits a strong immune response among both young children ...
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A new diagnostic tool to understand typhoid burden
Typhoid remains extremely challenging to diagnose. The current gold standard diagnostic is laboratory confirmed blood culture. These tests are difficult to perform and require specialized laboratory skills and facilities. Many ...
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Celebrating Nepal’s typhoid conjugate vaccine introduction
Vaccines are one of the most effective public health interventions against infectious diseases. Today, I am happy to share that Nepal added typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) to our Expanded Program ...
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Tracking the health impact of Tropical Storm Ana
When Tropical Storm Ana made landfall in January, it left a path of destruction in its wake across five countries―Madagascar, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Heavy winds and torrential rain ...
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We can’t stop drug-resistant typhoid without vaccines
For an increasing number of communities, typhoid is a real and dangerous threat. Symptoms can last for weeks or months, keeping children out of school and preventing families from earning ...
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Asia’s premier award and highest honor goes to Dr. Firdausi Qadri
For more than sixty years, the Ramon Magsaysay Award, known as the “Nobel Prize for Asia,” has been the premier prize and highest honor bestowed upon Asian individuals and organizations ...
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Drug-resistant typhoid in India
Drug resistance occurs when a pathogen—whether bacteria, virus, or fungus—evolves to withstand the drug that is given for treatment. Drug resistance is a top health concern identified by the World ...
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