Author Note from Valentina Picot, Research Advisor, Fondation Mérieux: Fondation Mérieux is currently validating a novel enteric fever diagnostic test in an African setting. Throughout this process, there are a ...
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Author: Valentina Picot, Fondation Mérieux
South Sudanese Refugee Camp Experiences Spread of Typhoid
Typhoid is a disease that strikes the most vulnerable, and refugees are no exception. This autumn, flooding and rains have ushered in outbreaks of typhoid and other diseases in two ...
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Fighting Typhoid: A Key to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
One year ago, tasked with the mission of uplifting societies around the world, the United Nations Development Program created a call to action known as the Sustainable Development Goals ...
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Stories of Typhoid: Meet Yadav Meet Yadav. A 27-year-old lab assistant in Gurgaon, India, Yadav is remarkably conscientious about avoiding diseases transmitted through contaminated food and water. He cooks at ...
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Stories of Typhoid: Yadav
Meet Yadav. A 27-year-old lab assistant in Gurgaon, India, Yadav is remarkably conscientious about avoiding diseases transmitted through contaminated food and water. He cooks at home to avoid eating food ...
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Monsoon Season Exacerbates Typhoid in South Asia
Every year from July to September across South Asia, the monsoon ushers in rain that boosts the growth of crops and powers the hydroelectric dams. While these annual rains help ...
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Stories of Typhoid: Meet Nishita Meet Nishita. A nine-year-old who wants to go to school so badly that she reads her textbook, by herself, by the light of the window ...
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Upsurge in Multidrug-resistant Typhoid Strain Urges Action
The abuse and misuse of antibiotics has led to the creation of bacteria strains that are resistant to standard medication, requiring more expensive and risky treatments for some diseases. Typhoid, ...
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Stories of Typhoid: Nishita
Meet Nishita. A nine-year-old who wants to go to school so badly that she reads her textbook, by herself, by the light of the window in her family’s house. But ...
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In Malawi, An Outbreak at a Nursing School Shows the Far-Reaching Consequences of Typhoid
In Malawi, where typhoid is endemic, an outbreak has struck—of all places—a nursing college. This week, over 200 students at the St. Luke’s College of Nursing in Malosa, Malawi were ...
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