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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Enteric fever in the time of COVID-19: SEAP Phase III findings
As policymakers decide about typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) introduction into their immunization programs, understanding how the COVID-19 pandemic affected enteric fever surveillance provides critical context for burden data. The latest ...
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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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[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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Humanly possible: The people making vaccine introductions a reality
Pour lire ce blog en français, veuillez cliquer ici World Immunization Week, celebrated the last week of April, is a chance to recognize both the lifesaving power of vaccines and ...
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