Today, Pakistan began their final typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) introduction campaign to ensure that children are protected against typhoid. This is a major achievement and fulfills a commitment from the ...
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Unprecedented floods pose serious health risks in Pakistan
Environmental impacts on human health Droughts, floods, earthquakes—disasters our planet knows all too well. We have seen how these disasters have dramatic impacts on the health of communities. The recent ...
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A new diagnostic tool to understand typhoid burden
Typhoid remains extremely challenging to diagnose. The current gold standard diagnostic is laboratory confirmed blood culture. These tests are difficult to perform and require specialized laboratory skills and facilities. Many ...
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Unpacking the burden of enteric fever in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan: Findings from SEAP Phase II
Typhoid conjugate vaccines (TCVs) can significantly reduce typhoid incidence in endemic communities. For policymakers in countries considering TCV introduction, accurate data are needed to inform the decision-making process. New data ...
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A typhoid-free life: Portraits of TCVs
Vaccines’ ability to protect us from disease is the incredible result of centuries of scientific progress. Infectious diseases have plagued humanity from the beginning of time, cutting lives short. But ...
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Arts-based community mobilization and social impact
The introduction of typhoid conjugate vaccines (TCV) into a national immunization system takes sizeable resources. Teams from various government offices, agencies, and civil society organizations must work together to plan ...
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Arts-based methodologies as a tool for community engagement, team building
The introduction of typhoid conjugate vaccines (TCV) into a national immunization system takes sizeable resources. Teams from various government offices, agencies, and civil society organizations must work together to plan ...
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Arts-based methods in social mobilization for vaccines
The introduction of typhoid conjugate vaccines (TCV) into a national immunization system takes sizeable resources. Teams from various government offices, agencies, and civil society organizations must work together to plan ...
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Typhoid conjugate vaccine is effective against drug-resistant typhoid
A recently published study from Hyderabad, Pakistan, shows that typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) is highly effective against drug-resistant typhoid. This is exciting and reassuring data as multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant ...
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Motivation as high as mountains in Pakistan to ensure typhoid conjugate vaccine introduction
We are familiar with mountains in Pakistan. Our country’s landscape includes the Karakoram, Himalayan, and Hindu Kush mountain ranges. We are home to the second highest mountain in the world, ...
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