Typhoid causes more than 9 million cases and more than 110,000 deaths each year. Most of this burden is concentrated in areas of South and Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa ...
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Author: James Meiring, University of Oxford and University of Sheffield; and Andrew Pollard, University of Oxford
Long-term protection against typhoid for children in Nepal
In late 2019, just two years after the World Health Organization (WHO) prequalified the first typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV), Typbar TCV®, efficacy results from a typhoid-endemic country—Nepal—were released. Those interim ...
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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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Has drug-resistant typhoid reached Latin America? Genetic evidence from Colombia
Photo: Panoramic view, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia. The Antioquia Health Department has seen a high rate of typhoid cases, mainly in the geographic region of Uraba. Drug-resistant typhoid is a rising ...
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First evidence from Africa: TCV is highly effective in children in Malawi
Published in The New England Journal of Medicine, new study finds TCV 84% effective against typhoid. learn more
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Now we know: typhoid conjugate vaccines are highly effective in African children
Results from a historic study—the first typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) study in Africa—are in. The verdict? TCVs work in Malawian children, with an impressive 84% efficacy. As the Regional New ...
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In Kenya, typhoid carriage in children highlights need for vaccination
Drug-resistant typhoid is endemic to Kenya, with children younger than 16 years of age most heavily impacted. We have known this for years. What we didn’t know was the prevalence ...
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Amidst a global pandemic, Samoa rolls out TCV and other new vaccines
The year 2020 was going to be the year of immunizations in Samoa. A mass measles vaccination campaign halted the deadly 2019 measles crisis that shook the small island nation ...
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