By now, almost every country in the world has been affected by COVID-19. With more than 1.32 million cases reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) as of April 8, ...
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Author: By Gagandeep (Cherry) Kang, Professor, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
Toilet paper hoarding: What’s it really about?
This post was originally posted on the DefeatDD blog. As the world tries to adapt to the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, one reaction of US citizens has been – at ...
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The secret to good health and taking on typhoid? Clean, safe water
Water is intrinsic to good health. From going to the bathroom and washing hands; to preparing and cooking food and cleaning; to helping our body stay healthy—it is part of ...
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Back to Basics: From typhoid control to typhoid elimination?
As researchers, doctors, policymakers, and advocates, we are all champions for the control and prevention of enteric fever and nontyphoidal Salmonella invasive disease. To effectively communicate the nuances of public health interventions from vaccine ...
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Back to Basics: The Importance of terminology in Salmonella epidemiology
As researchers, doctors, policymakers, and advocates, we are all champions for the control and prevention of enteric fever and nontyphoidal Salmonella invasive disease. To effectively communicate the nuances of public health interventions ...
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Back to Basics: Getting it right with Salmonella nomenclature
As researchers, doctors, policymakers, and advocates, we are all champions for the control and prevention of enteric fever and nontyphoidal Salmonella invasive disease. To effectively communicate the nuances of public health interventions from vaccine introduction ...
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Women leaders across #TakeOnTyphoid
Meet some of the incredible #ScienceSHEroes behind our work to advance health equity. Fact: Half of the world’s population is represented by women. Another fact: Fewer than 30 percent of ...
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Keep on “swinging for the fences”
Earlier this year, Bill and Melinda Gates issued their 2020 annual letter—Why we swing for the fences—sharing their reflections on their foundation’s first twenty years. For those of us working ...
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New research from Pakistan finds children are protected from typhoid with new vaccine
During the past three years, Pakistan has confronted a devastating outbreak of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) typhoid to become the first country to introduce typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) into routine immunization. ...
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Stories of Typhoid: Gift King’Oo
Meet Gift King’Oo, a one-year-old boy visiting the community health clinic in Mukuru, Kenya, an informal settlement just outside of Nairobi. In February 2018, Gift started getting sick, exhibiting common ...
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