Author: Ruthie Birger and Virginia Pitzer, Yale School of Public Health

A deeper dive into TCV cost-effectiveness: Introducing a new tool for decision-makers

Posted on January 13, 2020 by Ruthie Birger and Virginia Pitzer, Yale School of Public Health

In 2019, researchers from Yale School of Public Health and University of Antwerp led a study on the cost-effectiveness of typhoid vaccination strategies in Gavi-eligible countries. This study, published in ...

Stories of Typhoid: Martha & Thapelo Charlos

Posted on January 6, 2020 by Noah Duff, Sabin Vaccine Institute

For twenty-eight-year-old Martha Charlos, November 2017 was a difficult month. She had been facing personal hardships, and when her four-year-old daughter, Thapelo, began to feel ill, Martha was so depressed ...

Taking on typhoid to achieve universal health coverage

Posted on December 12, 2019 by Oumou Dao, Sabin Vaccine Institute

Today, at least half of the global population does not have access to essential health services, and many of those who do suffer undue financial hardship when accessing care or ...

Typhoid vaccine over 81% effective in tackling disease in Nepal

Posted on December 4, 2019 by Noah Duff

A large field study of typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) in Nepal has shown a single dose to be safe and effective in reducing typhoid in children aged 9 months to ...

A reassuring new milestone for typhoid prevention

Posted on December 4, 2019 by Mila Shakya and Dikshya Pant, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Nepal

For the past two years, we have been part of the typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) efficacy study being conducted by Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Patan Academy of Health Sciences ...

Take on Typhoid at the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene 68th Annual Meeting

Posted on October 21, 2019 by Noah Duff

The American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (ASTMH) 68th Annual Meeting will take place at the National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland (adjacent to Washington, DC) from November 20 ...

Prevention in Action: Sister Pricila Mkahanana

Posted on September 30, 2019 by Sister Pricila Mkahanana, Mbare Poly Clinic

Frontline healthcare workers—physicians, nurses, laboratory personnel, community health workers (CHWs), and social mobilizers—confront typhoid in their communities every day, and therefore have an integral role in typhoid prevention and control. During ...