Every year millions of people’s live are irreversibly changed because of conflict, persecution, disaster, or violence in their home country. More than 79 million people – 1 of every 110 ...
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Author: Ashley Latimer, PATH
Motivation as high as mountains in Pakistan to ensure typhoid conjugate vaccine introduction
We are familiar with mountains in Pakistan. Our country’s landscape includes the Karakoram, Himalayan, and Hindu Kush mountain ranges. We are home to the second highest mountain in the world, ...
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Protecting the health of the planet for the health of all people
From droughts to floods to severe weather events, the impacts of climate change on human health are steadily increasing. Take, for example, typhoid—a bacterial illness spread through fecal-contaminated food and ...
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Vaccines bring us closer to the future we all desire
If this year has a theme so far, it is vaccinations. For the past 14 months, the world’s attention has been on COVID-19 and the corresponding vaccinations that will help ...
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All smiles for TCV: portraits of children vaccinated against typhoid in Punjab, Pakistan
Earlier this year, Punjab province, Pakistan, introduced typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) with a campaign in 12 districts and Islamabad. As this was the first campaign where I was in the ...
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First in Africa: Liberia introduces typhoid conjugate vaccines
Liberia is a country accustomed to “firsts.” We were the first African Republic to fight for its own independence, and in 2005, Liberia elected Africa’s first female president, Ellen Johnson ...
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The value of water in the fight to take on typhoid
What is the value of water? For those living in typhoid-endemic communities, access to clean and safe water can be the difference between a child completing her primary education or ...
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The hijacked cell: Breaking the typhoid infection cycle
Typhoid is an ancient illness and scientists have long puzzled over how the bacteria causes human infections. In the early 19th century, typhoid was just one of a group of ...
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Beyond Morbidity and Mortality, Understanding the Burden of Enteric Fever in South Asia: New Results from Phase II of the Surveillance for Enteric Fever in Asia Project (SEAP)
Disease surveillance has long served as the foundation of public health, generating data to help guide policies and programs to effectively control and prevent a multitude of diseases. However, for ...
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Driven by Data: Targeting WASH Interventions for Enteric Disease Prevention
On Wednesday, August 26, 2020, the Coalition against Typhoid and the World Bank Group convened the World Water Week At Home session, “Driven by Data: Targeting WASH Intervention for Enteric ...
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