On 8-10 September 2014, WHO convened the first meeting of the new Product Development for Vaccines Advisory Committee. This new Committee fills a previous gap in WHO’s advisory structure for ...
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Dr. Jon Andrus Named Executive Vice President of the Sabin Vaccine Institute
The Sabin Vaccine Institute (Sabin) today announced that effective October 17, 2014, Dr. Jon Andrus will join Sabin as Executive Vice President and Director of Vaccine Advocacy and Education. In ...
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A Novel Approach to Typhoid Fever Diagnostics
Improved diagnostics are crucial in the fight against typhoid fever. Current methods are inadequate. Blood culture tests are considered the gold standard, yet often misidentify typhoid fever as other enteric diseases, ...
Read moreCaT Members Participate in Expert Consultation to Review Evidence in Support of the Use of Typhoid Conjugate Vaccines
Last month, several CaT members participated in a consultation that aimed to evaluate the current state of Vi Conjugate typhoid vaccine research. This consultation was held July 2nd-3rd in Geneva, ...
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Coalition against Typhoid Gathers in Cape Town to Present on Latest Updates
Coalition against Typhoid (CaT) members gathered for the 16th International Congress on Infectious Diseases (ICID) in Cape Town, where several individuals presented during the event. Their presentations focused on ...
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New Mathematical Modeling Study Promotes Country Decision-Making for Typhoid Immunization Programs
A recent publication in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, “Predicting the Impact of Vaccination on the Transmission Dynamics of Typhoid in South Asia: A Mathematical Modeling Study,” by Pitzer et al. ...
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New Findings on Antibiotic-Resistant Typhoid Reinforce the Need for Vaccines
The estimated 21 million people each year who get typhoid fever must now face another life- threatening reality: The emergence of antibiotic-resistant typhoid strains. Because typhoid control is still ...
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Better Diagnostics Critical to the Fight against Typhoid
Originally posted on USAID’s IMPACT Blog on Thursday, May 2 2013. Authored by Stephen Baker, PhD and Jeremy Farrar, BSc, MBBS, FRCP, DPhil of The Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Vietnam – both ...
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CaT in Bangladesh: Advocating for Current and Future Typhoid Vaccines
Earlier this month, the Coalition against Typhoid (CaT), along with partners at the Bangladesh Pediatric Association, the International Vaccine Institute andthe International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), ...
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