Authorities have described as untrue reports that there is a typhoid outbreak in Blantyre This follows claims that several people have shown signs of the disease within the city
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Typhoid fever on the rise in Madagascar
For a clinic in Analakely, 10 out of the 50 daily consultations concern this disease, still little known or misinterpreted in Madagascar
Read moreSelection of Potential Therapeutic Bacteriophages that Lyse a CTX-M-15 Extended Spectrum β-Lactamase Producing Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Strain from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
AUTHOR Kakabadze E, Makalatia K, Grdzelishvili N, Bakuradze N, Goderdzishvili M, Kusradze I, Phoba MF, Lunguya O, Lood C, Lavigne R, Jacobs J, Deborggraeve S, De Block T, Van Puyvelde ...
Read moreHarare cuts off water supplies to residents
The Harare City Council has begun to shut off water service to nonpaying residents, a move that residents say puts them at risk of diseases like typhoid Harare has been ...
Read moreNotes from the Field: Typhoid Fever Outbreak — Harare, Zimbabwe, October 2016–March 2017
AUTHOR William W. Davis, DrPH; Prosper Chonzi, MBBS; Kudzai P.E. Masunda, MBBS; Lindsey M. Shields, DVM; Innocent Mukeredzi, MS; Portia Manangazira, MBBS; Emmaculate Govore; Rachael D. Aubert, PhD; Haley Martin, ...
Read moreCritical Care Management of Peritonitis in a Low-Resource Setting
AUTHOR Rickard J, Ngarambe C, Ndayizeye L, Smart B, Riviello R, Majyambere JP ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Management of critically ill patients is challenging in a low-resource setting. In Rwanda, peritonitis is ...
Read moreLocalised transmission hotspots of a typhoid fever outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo
AUTHOR Ali E, Bergh RVD, D’hondt R, Kuma-Kuma D, Weggheleire A, Baudot Y, Lambert V, Hunter P, Zachariah R, Maes P ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: In a semi-urban setting in the Democratic ...
Read moreGovt criticised for failing to address doctors concerns
Doctors at government hospitals in Zimbabwe are on an ongoing strike to achieve adequate supply of hospital equipment and drugs, as well as fair wages This comes during a time ...
Read moreNew trial investigates typhoid conjugate vaccine in Africa
The Typhoid Vaccine Acceleration Consortium, or TyVAC, recently launched a trial assessing the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the new typhoid conjugate vaccine, Typbar TCV®, among children in Malawi
Read moreMalawi is first African nation using new WHO approved typhoid vaccine
Malawi has launched a new generation of typhoid vaccines making it the first country in Africa using the vaccines to fight typhoid infections in children Four-year-old Golden Kondowe was the ...
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