Results from a historic study—the first typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) study in Africa—are in. The verdict? TCVs work in Malawian children, with an impressive 84% efficacy. As the Regional New ...
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Author: Dr. Phionah Atuhebwe, WHO AFRO
In Kenya, typhoid carriage in children highlights need for vaccination
Drug-resistant typhoid is endemic to Kenya, with children younger than 16 years of age most heavily impacted. We have known this for years. What we didn’t know was the prevalence ...
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Amidst a global pandemic, Samoa rolls out TCV and other new vaccines
The year 2020 was going to be the year of immunizations in Samoa. A mass measles vaccination campaign halted the deadly 2019 measles crisis that shook the small island nation ...
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Building on more than a decade of typhoid surveillance: Ghana’s TCV cluster-randomized study
August 23, 2021 marks a monumental and great day for Africa! Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Ghana undertook the herculean task of launching TyVEGHA, the first cluster-randomized, controlled Phase IV study ...
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TCV is 85% efficacious and urgently needed for Bangladeshi children
Recent data has confirmed that Bangladesh has one of the highest typhoid burdens in the world. But we have extremely good news. A study conducted in Mirpur, Dhaka, with typhoid ...
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The economics of typhoid: Updates from the IHEA World Congress
Typhoid is costly. It costs families and medical centers time and resources. It can cost a child days away from school. And it costs government health systems resources. Treatment can ...
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An app for Typhi genomes
Note: This blog originally appeared on the Nature Portfolio Microbiology Community. Typhoid fever is a serious enteric disease spread through food and water contaminated with Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi). In 2017, ...
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New publication: TCVs are highly effective in Malawian children
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Gender equity and health go hand in hand: examples from typhoid
When we invest in health, women and girls prosper. When we invest in women and girls and allow them to achieve their full potential, families, communities, and countries prosper. But ...
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Azithromycin-resistant typhoid in Chandigarh signals urgent need for typhoid conjugate vaccine introduction
Photo: Temporary workers living in informal settlements in Chardigarh, India, often face limited access to clean water and sanitation, putting them at high risk for typhoid. Typhoid fever, which ...
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