Zimbabwean civil society organisations have accused the government of violating citizens’ rights following the outbreak of typhoid affecting hundreds of people. More than 800 cases of the water borne disease ...
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Early Economic Evaluation to Identify the Necessary Test Characteristics of a New Typhoid Test to be Cost Effective in Ghana
AUTHORS Samuel N. Frempong, Andrew J. Sutton, Clare Davenport, and Pelham Barton ABSTRACT In Ghana, there are issues with the diagnosis of typhoid fever; these include delays in diagnosis, concerns about ...
Read moreZimbabwe: More than 850 typhoid cases reported in Harare
Officials in the capital city of Zimbabwe, Harare report seeing 858 new typhoid cases in the last six months, with the suburbs of Glen View and Budiriro hit the hardest according ...
Read moreAscertaining the burden of invasive Salmonella disease in hospitalised febrile children aged under four years in Blantyre, Malawi
AUTHORS Chisomo L. Msefula, Franziska Olgemoeller, Ndaru Jambo, Dalitso Segula, Trinh Van Tan, Tonney S. Nyirenda, Wilfred Nedi, Neil Kennedy, Matthew Graham, Marc Y. R. Henrion, Stephen Baker, Nicholas Feasey, ...
Read moreTwo million in Zimbabwe’s capital have no water as city turns off taps
More than two million residents around Zimbabwe’s capital have no access to running water, as drought and breakdowns push the city system to collapse. Just 50% of 4.5 million people ...
Read morePoor waste management making bacteria harder to kill
Birds perched on trees eye piles of uncollected mounds of garbage, the playgrounds of rats scampering in and out of the dirt. To the naked eye, this is the routine ...
Read moreGlen View Hit By Typhoid Outbreak
Glen View high-density suburb in Harare has been hit by a typhoid outbreak, the Harare City Council said on Thursday. Rights groups have warned that the situation may get worse ...
Read moreThe doctor who beat Ebola — and inspires other survivors to care for the sick
At first, Maurice Kakule Mutsunga suspected that the woman had malaria or typhoid: she was feverish and fatigued, and had been admitted to the hospital in Mangina in the Democratic ...
Read moreAccess to basic sanitation still lagging for millions in East and Southern Africa
Despite progress towards ensuring basic sanitation services for all, access still eludes many. According to recent estimates, over half of the global population – or 4.2 billion people across the ...
Read moreOn the Ground in Malawi – First Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine Study in Africa
AUTHORS Pratiksha Patel, Priyanka Patel, James E. Meiring, Theresa Misiri, Felistas Mwakiseghile, and Melita A. Gordon ABSTRACT The marathon of vaccinating children began on February 21, 2018, at 10:13 AM, ...
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