Author: Malick Gibani, BA BMBCh MRCP DPhil, SpR Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, Academic Clinical Lecturer, Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology, Imperial College London

New research explores role of typhoid toxin

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Malick Gibani, BA BMBCh MRCP DPhil, SpR Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, Academic Clinical Lecturer, Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology, Imperial College London

Salmonella Typhi is a fascinatingly complex bacterium. Whilst there are more than 2000 different (sero)types of Salmonella, there’s something special about Salmonella Typhi that sets it apart from the non-typhoidal ...

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step (Lao Tzu)

Posted on June 5, 2019 by Pratiksha Patel, Priyanka Patel, James Meiring, Melita Gordon

Malawi has taken more than just a step―they’ve taken a huge leap forward in the battle against typhoid. The Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust (MLW) is leading the effort in sub-Saharan ...

It matters! What the World Health Assembly means for typhoid

Posted on May 22, 2019 by Ashley Latimer, PATH

The 72nd World Health Assembly takes place this week in Geneva, Switzerland, the headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO). Each year, this meeting convenes the world’s leading voices for ...

Stories of Typhoid: Bashir Ahmed

Posted on May 15, 2019 by Ali Carter

The impact of typhoid extends beyond the person who is sick. Treating typhoid is often a complicated and costly process, and can have a long term impact on entire families. ...

Celebrating the vaccine heroes who take on typhoid

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Noah Duff, Sabin Vaccine Institute

“It takes a village.” This oft-repeated proverb is known well in the global public health sector: we know that to solve the world’s most challenging health problems, it is critical ...

Gearing up for Local Impact – Coalition against Typhoid Director’s Recap from the 11th International Conference on Typhoid and Other Invasive Salmonelloses

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Dr. Denise Garrett, Director of the Coalition against Typhoid and VP of Typhoid Programs at the Sabin Vaccine Institute

We’ve recently returned from the 11th International Conference on Typhoid and Other Invasive Salmonelloses, the gathering hosted by the Coalition against Typhoid (CaT) every two years. CaT was thrilled to ...

Stories of Typhoid: Dagar

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Ali Carter

Meet Dagar, a 23-year-old technician working in a microbiology lab at a hospital in Gurgaon, India. Dagar is originally from Fakharpur village in Barpat district of Uttar Pradesh state. Every ...

Learning from past experience

Posted on March 19, 2019 by Leslie Jamka, Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine

Vaccine-preventable diseases should be ghosts of the past, but they continue to haunt many low- and middle-income countries. Vaccines are a known cost-effective preventative and control health intervention that save ...

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