AUTHOR Anyanwu LJ, Mohammad A, Abdullahi L, Farinyaro A, Obaro S ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Intestinal perforation is a serious but poorly understood complication of typhoid fever. This study aims to determine ...
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Malawi to hold first African typhoid vaccine trial
Malawi is going to hold the first African typhoid vaccine trial next year, officials have confirmed The trial will be done in Ndirande and Zingwangwa townships in Blantyre, targeting at ...
Read moreMnangagwa warns local authorities
In his first State of the Nation address, Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa challenged local authorities to provide clean water to residents to end recurrences of waterborne diseases
Read moreKenyans to get vaccine that protects babies from typhoid
Millions of children in developing countries like Kenya will soon be protected against typhoid fever, following an approval by Gavi to support the introduction of a vaccine
Read moreDIDG committed to typhoid fight
A local consortium, the Diaspora Infrastructure Development Group, is donating and initiating a campaign aimed at disease management of typhoid
Read moreMisdiagnosis: Trouble as almost everybody ‘tests positive to typhoid, malaria’
Misdiagnosis of typhoid and malaria common in malaria due to reliance on outdated Widal test and lack of qualified laboratory personnel The new typhoid vaccine could be a game-changer in ...
Read moreKnowledge, attitude and practice of hygiene and sanitation in a Burundian refugee camp: implications for control of a Salmonella typhi outbreak
AUTHOR Nahimana MR, Ngoc CT, Olu O, Nyamusore J, Isiaka A, Ndahindwa V, Dassanayake L, Rusanganwa A ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: A Salmonella typhi outbreak was reported in a Burundian refugee camp in Rwanda ...
Read moreOkonjo-Iweala: I almost lost my son to typhoid — but my cousin didn’t make it
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, board chair of Gavi and Nigeria’s first female finance minister, shared her personal experience with typhoid while announcing new funding for typhoid conjugate vaccines Her cousin died of ...
Read moreTyphoid: Two children die‚ 60 ill after drinking from contaminated stream
Two children died and about 60 were admitted to hospital after drinking contaminated water in the Sekhukhune area of Limpopo, South Africa
Read moreZimbabwe: More than 1,000 typhoid cases reported in Harare area, cases declining
Since the beginning of Oct. 2017, Zimbabwe has seen more than 1,000 typhoid fever cases in and around the capital city of Harare The ongoing typhoid fever outbreak in Harare ...
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