Tag: Bangladesh

A girl washes her hands during Zimbabwe’s TCV introduction campaign in 2021. Zimbabwe and other countries have been affected by flooding in recent months.

Flooding raises the urgency for typhoid prevention

Posted on February 10, 2026 by Tara Petronio

Pour lire ce blog en français, veuillez cliquer ici. Recent flooding brought on by torrential rains has affected hundreds of thousands of people across Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. In ...

Une petite fille se lave les mains lors de la campagne de lancement du VTC au Zimbabwe en 2021. Les récentes inondations causées par des pluies diluviennes ont touché des centaines de milliers de personnes au Mozambique, en Afrique du Sud et au Zimbabwe.

Les inondations renforcent l’urgence de la prévention contre la typhoïde

Posted on February 10, 2026 by Tara Petronio

Les récentes inondations causées par des pluies diluviennes ont touché des centaines de milliers de personnes au Mozambique, en Afrique du Sud et au Zimbabwe. Au Mozambique, plus de 300.000 ...

Children line up to receive TCV during Bangladesh’s TCV introduction campaign.

A community-centered approach: Introducing TCV in Bangladesh

Posted on January 20, 2026 by Dr. Md. Rofiqur Rahman, Chief Operating Officer, ideSHi

In October 2025, Bangladesh took an exciting step forward on the path to protect children from typhoid: introducing typhoid conjugate vaccines (TCV). During the course of a four-week introduction campaign, ...

A vaccinator administers TCV during Bangladesh’s introduction campaign in fall 2025.

A milestone year: Reaching 80 million children with typhoid conjugate vaccines

Posted on December 9, 2025 by Dr. Emmanuel Mugisha, Global Director, Vaccine Implementation, Center for Vaccine Innovation and Access, PATH

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 ...

Two campaign workers wearing orange vests put up a sign with information about the typhoid conjugate vaccine in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh seeks to reach millions of children with typhoid vaccine

Posted on October 13, 2025 by Dr. Abdul Fazal Md. Shahabuddin Khan, Program Manager, Bangladesh EPI

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 ...

A graphic showing three smiling children who have received the typhoid vaccine. The text reads, "Typhoid conjugate vaccine is safe and effective. A new single-dose typhoid conjugate vaccine prevents typhoid."

A mother’s battle

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Maksudur Rahman, PATH

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 ...

A graphic showing two children smiling after receiving the typhoid vaccine. The text describes the safety and efficacy of typhoid conjugate vaccines.

মায়ের যুদ্ধ

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Maksudur Rahman, PATH

[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। ...

A picture of a girl receiving the typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) during an immunization campaign in Malawi.

TCV: An early defense against typhoid in extreme weather conditions

Posted on March 5, 2025 by Maksud Rahman, PATH

Many typhoid-endemic countries are prone to extreme weather events. Heavy rainfall, cyclones, and typhoons can lead to floods, which may damage water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure. Floods can overwhelm ...

Can better diagnostics improve typhoid prevention and treatment?

Posted on February 20, 2025 by Dr. Sira Jam Munira, Epidemiologist and Nahidul Islam, Molecular Biologist

The currently available diagnostics in low- and middle-income countries present significant challenges in diagnosing typhoid fever. The gold standard for typhoid testing, blood culture, is expensive and requires specific laboratory equipment, ...

Emerging drug resistance makes typhoid treatment more difficult. Children received TCV in Bangladesh to prevent typhoid.

Evolving trends in drug resistance of typhoid fever in Bangladesh

Posted on November 22, 2024 by Arif Mohammad Tanmoy, Child Health Research Foundation Bangladesh

Bangladesh is a typhoid-endemic country with a high burden of the disease. Yet, in the community, typhoid diagnosis is often made based on clinical symptoms rather than blood culture, the ...

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