As 2025 comes to a close, I’m proud to reflect on the incredible progress on typhoid control accomplished this year. During the last 12 months, more than 80 million children ...
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Author: Dr. Emmanuel Mugisha, Global Director, Vaccine Implementation, Center for Vaccine Innovation and Access, PATH
Act now to stop drug resistance and prevent typhoid
In October 2025, Bangladesh introduced typhoid conjugate vaccines (TCVs), bringing the total number of children who have received TCV during a campaign to more than 130 million. This milestone would ...
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What one typhoid case tells us about drug resistance and severe typhoid complications
Cover photo: The Hôpital de la SIM Galmi surgical team ready to operate on another case of typhoid. The team operates on about 200 children with typhoid intestinal perforation (TIP) ...
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Bangladesh seeks to reach millions of children with typhoid vaccine
Allow me to share the story of my country, Bangladesh—a land of great potential located in South Asia. Each year, the monsoon winds from the Bay of Bengal bring heavy ...
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A firsthand account of why typhoid prevention matters
There are more than 9 million cases and 133,000 deaths from typhoid each year, with the highest burden among children and young adults living in low- and middle-income countries. But ...
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Investing in water systems prevents typhoid
Waterborne diseases like typhoid are rising in communities hit hardest by floods, droughts, and failing water infrastructure, conditions all worsened by climate change. The link between climate resilience and infectious ...
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Pakistan prioritizes typhoid control with expanded surveillance efforts
In 2019, Pakistan made history as the first country to introduce typhoid conjugate vaccines (TCV) into its routine childhood immunization program. Six years later, the country has vaccinated more than ...
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Kenya’s milestone campaign to protect more than 20 million children from typhoid
Today, Kenya begins a campaign to reach more than 21 million children with typhoid conjugate vaccines (TCVs)—a landmark achievement in our work to safeguard children’s health. I am immensely proud ...
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In an uncertain world, TCVs provide protection
Conflicts and disasters drove a record number of people worldwide from their homes in the last year, with 83.4 million living in internal displacement. As of June 2024, there were ...
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A mother’s battle
To read this story in Bangla, click here. This is a fictional story. All characters, events, and places are made up. However, the context in which families live, separated between ...
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