The Harare City Council has begun to shut off water service to nonpaying residents, a move that residents say puts them at risk of diseases like typhoid Harare has been ...
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Notes from the Field: Typhoid Fever Outbreak — Harare, Zimbabwe, October 2016–March 2017
AUTHOR William W. Davis, DrPH; Prosper Chonzi, MBBS; Kudzai P.E. Masunda, MBBS; Lindsey M. Shields, DVM; Innocent Mukeredzi, MS; Portia Manangazira, MBBS; Emmaculate Govore; Rachael D. Aubert, PhD; Haley Martin, ...
Read moreCritical Care Management of Peritonitis in a Low-Resource Setting
AUTHOR Rickard J, Ngarambe C, Ndayizeye L, Smart B, Riviello R, Majyambere JP ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Management of critically ill patients is challenging in a low-resource setting. In Rwanda, peritonitis is ...
Read moreLocalised transmission hotspots of a typhoid fever outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo
AUTHOR Ali E, Bergh RVD, D’hondt R, Kuma-Kuma D, Weggheleire A, Baudot Y, Lambert V, Hunter P, Zachariah R, Maes P ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: In a semi-urban setting in the Democratic ...
Read moreGovt criticised for failing to address doctors concerns
Doctors at government hospitals in Zimbabwe are on an ongoing strike to achieve adequate supply of hospital equipment and drugs, as well as fair wages This comes during a time ...
Read moreNew trial investigates typhoid conjugate vaccine in Africa
The Typhoid Vaccine Acceleration Consortium, or TyVAC, recently launched a trial assessing the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the new typhoid conjugate vaccine, Typbar TCV®, among children in Malawi
Read moreMalawi is first African nation using new WHO approved typhoid vaccine
Malawi has launched a new generation of typhoid vaccines making it the first country in Africa using the vaccines to fight typhoid infections in children Four-year-old Golden Kondowe was the ...
Read moreAssessment of water, sanitation and hygiene interventions in response to an outbreak of typhoid fever in Neno District, Malawi
AUTHOR Bennett SD, Lowther SA, Chingoli F, Chilima B, Kabuluzi S, Ayers TL, Warne TA, Mintz E ABSTRACT On May 2, 2009 an outbreak of typhoid fever began in rural ...
Read moreFirst child vaccinated with typhoid conjugate vaccine in Africa
The first African child was vaccinated using the newly prequalified typhoid conjugate vaccine as part of a clinical trial being conducted by the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust as part of the Typhoid ...
Read moreFirst report on antimicrobial resistance and molecular characterization of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi isolated from human specimens in Luanda, Angola
AUTHOR Francisco M, Costa SS, Belas A, Ramos J, Couto I, Pomba C, Viveiros M ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: Typhoid fever is a common infection in Africa and in spite of scarce ...
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