First child vaccinated with typhoid conjugate vaccine in Africa

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  • 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 Vaccine Acceleration Consortium
  • Four year-old Golden Kondowe is the first child to be vaccinated in the trial
  • The goal of the trial is to assess the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of a new typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) in African children