Zimbabwe became the first country in Africa to vaccinate against typhoid The nine typhoid hotspots that are being targeted are Mufakose, Budiriro, Glen View, Glen Norah, Kuwadzana, Mbare, Hatcliffe, Hopley ...
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Typhoid vaccination campaign to tackle outbreak in Zimbabwe
This is the second wave of a major typhoid outbreak in Harare which first began in October 2017. This second wave began in September 2018 and has so far resulted ...
Read more‘Reborn’ typhoid vaccine to be introduced in Zimbabwe in a bid to halt drug resistance
Zimbabwe is set to vaccinate over 300,000 people against typhoid in a bid to stop an outbreak that has been ongoing since 2017 which includes drug-resistant strains of the disease Children ...
Read moreSafety of typhoid conjugate vaccine
WHO received newly available data on the Vi-tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccine Typbar TCVTM (produced by Bharat Biotech International Limited), currently the only licensed TCV available internationally and prequalified by WHO. ...
Read moreFuel shortage grounds council refuse trucks
Harare, Capital of Zimbabwe, has run out of fuel to collect garbage, raising fears of a cholera or typhoid outbreak The city faces a potential outbreak with the lack of ...
Read moreThere are NO Typhoid and Cholera outbreaks in Zambia, Ministry of Health says
Zambia’s Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary says there are no reported typhoid outbreaks in Lusaka District or any other part of Zambia, contrary to media reports He also says that ...
Read moreNotes from the Field: Typhoid Fever Outbreak — Harare, Zimbabwe, October 2017–February 2018
AUTHORS Hammad S. N’cho, Kudzai P.E. Masunda, Innocent Mukeredzi, Portia Manangazira, Emmaculate Govore, Clemence Duri, Rachael D. Aubert, Haley Martin, Elizabeth Gonese, Michael Vere, Beth A. Tippett Barr, Shirish Balachandra, ...
Read moreThe HPAfrica protocol: Assessment of health behaviour and population-based socioeconomic, hygiene behavioural factors – a standardised repeated cross-sectional study in multiple cohorts in sub-Saharan Africa
AUTHORS Gi Deok Pak, Andrea Haekyung Haselbeck, Hyeong Won Seo, Isaac Osei, John Amuasi, Robert F Breiman, Ligia Maria Cruz Espinosa, Marianne Holm, Justin Im, Geun Hyeog Jang, Hyon Jin ...
Read moreThe phylogeography and incidence of multi-drug resistant typhoid fever in sub-Saharan Africa
AUTHOR Se Eun Park, Duy Thanh Pham, Christine Boinett, Vanessa K. Wong, Gi Deok Pak, Ursula Panzner, Ligia Maria Cruz Espinoza, Vera von Kalckreuth, Justin Im, Heidi Schütt-Gerowitt, John A. ...
Read moreUMSOM and Groupe De Recherche Action en Sante Begin Second Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine Study in Africa
Scientists will vaccinate 250 participants aged nine months to two years old in Burkina Faso with typhoid conjugate vaccine Data from the study are expected to help inform policymakers about ...
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