As climate change causes the Earth’s average temperature to rise, myriad environmental challenges result, from glaciers melting faster than ever to warming oceans and more severe and frequent weather events. ...
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TCV: An early defense against typhoid in extreme weather conditions
Many typhoid-endemic countries are prone to extreme weather events. Heavy rainfall, cyclones, and typhoons can lead to floods, which may damage water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure. Floods can overwhelm ...
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Can better diagnostics improve typhoid prevention and treatment?
The currently available diagnostics in low- and middle-income countries present significant challenges in diagnosing typhoid fever. The gold standard for typhoid testing, blood culture, is expensive and requires specific laboratory equipment, ...
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Réponse immunitaire robuste à la dose de rappel du vaccin antityphoïdique chez les enfants âgés de cinq ans au Malawi
Ce que nous savons : Les vaccins antityphoïdiques conjugués (VTC) sont recommandés et ont été préqualifiés par l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS). Selon des données antérieures, l’administration d’une dose unique ...
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Robust immune response to typhoid booster vaccination at five years in Malawi
Pour lire ce blog en français, veuillez cliquer ici What we know: Typhoid conjugate vaccines (TCVs) are recommended and prequalified by the World Health Organization (WHO). Previous data show a ...
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The journey of a vaccine: from production to protection
New vaccine introduction is no small feat: it takes months of coordination, teams of people, and sometimes hundreds of miles before vaccines make it from manufacturing facilities to the communities ...
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Vacciner 10 millions d’enfants avec le vaccin contre la fièvre typhoïde au Burkina Faso
Le Burkina Faso est l’un des pays où la morbidité due à la fièvre typhoïde est la plus élevée au monde. Les enfants de moins de 15 ans sont les ...
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Reaching 10 million children in Burkina Faso with TCVs
Pour lire ce blog en français, veuillez cliquer ici Burkina Faso has one of the highest typhoid burdens in the world. Children younger than 15 years old are most susceptible ...
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Navigating change as we take on typhoid
Nearly eight years ago, we formed the Typhoid Vaccine Acceleration Consortium (TyVAC). At that time, typhoid vaccine uptake in endemic countries was low and we didn’t have a prequalified typhoid ...
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What does it cost to deliver TCV in Malawi?
Health economic analyses provide useful information when making decisions about introducing a new public health intervention like vaccines. The cost of a vaccination program, cost-effectiveness of vaccine introduction, and health ...
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