Tag: drug resistance

The power of vaccines against drug-resistant typhoid

Posted on November 23, 2020 by Elayna Oberman, PATH

Every year in November, the global health community observes World Antibiotic Awareness Week to raise awareness about the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance and to encourage best practices among the ...

One step closer to untreatable typhoid

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Megan E. Carey, Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology & Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Yogesh Hooda, Child Health Research Foundation, Department of Microbiology, Dhaka Shishu Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Junaid Iqbal, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan; Abhilasha Karkey, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal; Ruby Jain, Civil Hospital, Manimajra, Chandigarh, India; Denise O. Garrett, Sabin Vaccine Institute, Washington, DC, USA; Duy Pham Thanh, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit-Vietnam; Neelam Taneja, Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India; Farah Qamar, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan; Senjuti Saha, Child Health Research Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh; Stephen Baker, Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology & Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

This post was originally posted on the Gavi #VaccinesWork blog. Typhoid, the infectious disease caused by the bacterium Salmonella Typhi (S. Typhi), is spread through contaminated food and water and ...

Multidrug-resistant iNTS: A growing threat in Kenya

Posted on September 22, 2020 by Sam Kariuki, Director, Research and Development, Kenya Medical Research Institute

This blog is part of a broader series on drug resistance and its increasing threat to global health. Drug resistance is a significant and growing problem across the world for ...

Another piece of the puzzle: Using genomic data to understand typhoid burden

Posted on July 16, 2020 by Megan E. Carey and Stephen G. Baker, Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology & Infectious Disease (CITIID), Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge

This blog is part of a broader series on drug resistance and its increasing threat to global health. For policymakers, prioritization of vaccines for routine immunization programs is a critical ...

CGPS and RITM researchers helped establish genomic surveillance capacity for tracking drug resistance in the Philippines. Photo: Silvia Argimon

How DNA sequencing data are helping the Philippines tackle drug resistance

Posted on July 8, 2020 by Silvia Argimon, Center for Genomic Pathogen Surveillance

This blog is part of a broader series on drug resistance and its increasing threat to global health. Drug resistance is a global health problem, with antibiotic-resistant pathogens found in ...

Children play in a street with an open drain in Pakistan. Photo: Raja Khalid Shabbir.

“A wake-up call”: A surgeon raises his voice for typhoid conjugate vaccines

Posted on August 5, 2019 by Dr. Raja Khalid Shabbir

Dr. Raja Khalid Shabbir is a resident in surgery at Holy Family Hospital (HFH) in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, just outside of the capital city of Islamabad. HFH is a government-run teaching ...

People purchase medication at the Pharmacie Bakh Yaye in Thies, Senegal. PATH

Drug-resistant typhoid: How it became a global health crisis

Posted on March 12, 2019 by Zoe Dyson, University of Cambridge

The past century has witnessed remarkable global health progress. We have identified treatments and cures for diseases, we have developed vaccines to prevent some of the deadliest diseases, and for ...

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