This piece was originally posted on January 6, 2020. For twenty-eight-year-old Martha Charlos, November 2017 was a difficult month. She had been facing personal hardships, and when her four-year-old daughter, ...
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Author: Thoko Chikondi
Solidarity in action: Protecting refugees and displaced populations from typhoid
Today, more than 117 million people worldwide are forcibly displaced, driven from their homes by conflict, climate change, extreme weather, and other disruptions. Many refugees are not just geographically uprooted, ...
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Teamwork to take on typhoid and win a World Cup
Pour lire ce blog en français, veuillez cliquer ici. This month, the world will come together to cheer on their favorite national football (soccer) team as the World Cup kicks off ...
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Un travail d’équipe pour relever le défi de la typhoïde et remporter une Coupe du monde
To read this post in English, click here. Ce mois-ci, le monde entier se rassemblera pour encourager son équipe nationale de football préférée à l’occasion de la Coupe du monde, ...
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Stories of typhoid: Mothers in Kenya
This piece was originally posted on June 18, 2018. Typhoid is a common bacterial infection that can have an outsized impact on young kids and their families, particularly for moms ...
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Protecting the next generation: How typhoid conjugate vaccines changed the game
While typhoid vaccines for travelers visiting areas where typhoid is endemic have been available since the 1980s, the last decade has introduced an exemplary new tool to protect those most ...
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For every generation, vaccines work: The courage and commitment behind Kenya’s lifesaving immunization story
Vaccines work—but they do not work on their own. For every generation protected, there are heroes and heroines whose courage, commitment, and quiet determination make immunization possible. In Kenya, that ...
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Four key insights from the 14th International Conference on Typhoid and Other Invasive Salmonelloses
In March 2026, the 14th International Conference on Typhoid and Other Invasive Salmonelloses brought together more than 250 researchers, policymakers, and health experts in Phnom Penh, Cambodia to discuss the ...
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World Health Day 2026: Standing with science to take on typhoid
World Health Day 2026 calls on the global community to stand with science, highlighting the power of scientific collaboration to protect the health of people, animals, plants, and the planet. ...
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Shaping the future of typhoid prevention
We now have strong evidence that typhoid conjugate vaccines are safe and effective, protecting children and communities in typhoid-endemic settings. The question in front of the field is how to ...
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