In September, I traveled with colleagues from Sabin Vaccine Institute to Pakistan to observe ongoing typhoid surveillance and control activities. Pakistan is a country with a well-documented history of typhoid ...
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Author: Megan Carey, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
World Antibiotic Awareness Week
This week, Take on Typhoid is joining partners around the world to raise awareness about the growing threat of drug resistance. We have the information, tools, and resources to share ...
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Drug resistance and typhoid in Zimbabwe: Using TCVs for outbreak control
Zimbabwe’s recent typhoid outbreaks have wreaked havoc in the capital of Harare and in Gweru, a densely populated city in the central part of the country. Zimbabwe’s ongoing challenges of ...
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Taking on Typhoid at ASTMH
Thousands of global health professionals from different sectors and regions of the world will converge on New Orleans, Louisiana for the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting ...
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The importance of teachers to take on typhoid
When we speak about typhoid, we often think about the children and adolescents felled by the infection. We think about them falling ill and missing school. We think about their ...
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An impressive start to a large-scale typhoid vaccine trial in Bangladesh
In early 2018, more than 41,000 children were successfully vaccinated in the Typhoid Vaccine Acceleration Consortium (TyVAC)-Bangladesh, typhoid vaccine trial. This cluster-randomized controlled trial (RCT) implemented by the International Centre ...
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How to stop typhoid in urban slums: vaccines and innovation to improve water supply
The highest incidence of typhoid is observed in urban slums, which are settlements or city regions that lack the basic infrastructure and living conditions for people to live in safe, ...
Read moreTake On Typhoid Newsletter September 2018
See past issues in our Newsletter Archives In this issue: Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation launches the world’s first public-sector typhoid conjugate vaccine campaign New typhoid surveillance standards A growing portfolio ...
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Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation launches the world’s first public-sector typhoid conjugate vaccine campaign
Typhoid is an all too common disease in India, where it is highly endemic and inflicts a significant public health burden. According to the latest estimates from the Global Burden ...
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Telling the whole story: the importance of different healthcare facilities in surveillance studies
In Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh and one of the most densely populated cities of the world, stands the 4-storied, red-brick building of Dhaka Shishu Hospital – the largest ...
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