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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Author: Dr. Abdul Fazal Md. Shahabuddin Khan, Program Manager, Bangladesh EPI
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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মায়ের যুদ্ধ
[এটি একটি কাল্পনিক গল্প। যদিও গল্পের সব চরিত্র, কাহিনী এবং স্থান কল্পিত, তবে শহর এবং গ্রামে তাদের বাস; তাদের নিরাপদ পানি প্রাপ্তির সুযোগ এবং অসুস্থতার বিরুদ্ধে তাদের লড়াইয়ের প্রেক্ষাপটগুলো বাস্তব। ...
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WASH and vaccines work together to fight disease
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to disease prevention. But when it comes to enteric diseases like typhoid, cholera, Shigella, and others, we have a clear toolbox of proven interventions that ...
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Three things to know about typhoid and drug resistance
Drug resistance, also known as antimicrobial resistance, occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites evolve to resist medications that once effectively treated them. This makes infections harder and more expensive ...
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