Results from a historic study—the first typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) study in Africa—are in. The verdict? TCVs work in Malawian children, with an impressive 84% efficacy. As the Regional New ...
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Stories of Typhoid: Alubi Black
Alubi Black, a 21-year-old Malawian, was dreading going to the hospital. Although Alubi had felt general body aches and had what he thought was a cold for four days, he ...
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Strike while the iron is hot
The Sabin Vaccine Institute will broadcast the Gold Medal Ceremony live on June 3, 2021 at 3 PM EST. Register here. The Sabin Vaccine Institute’s 2021 Rising Star recipient, Dr. ...
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Piecing together the typhoid surveillance puzzle
For decision-makers considering introduction of typhoid conjugate vaccines (TCV), data are key. National surveillance systems are the main mechanism for capturing data on typhoid cases but creating an effective typhoid ...
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Stories of Typhoid: Dr. James Meiring
Since 2016, Dr. James Meiring (left)—a medical doctor specializing in infectious diseases and currently pursuing a PhD in typhoid epidemiology with the University of Oxford and Malawi-Liverpool Welcome Trust (MLW)—has ...
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Moving from global action to local impact: New supplement from the 11th International Conference on Typhoid and Other Invasive Salmonelloses
Over the last six months COVID-19 has radically transformed the world. Economies have been jolted, daily life has transformed, research priorities have shifted. The far-reaching impacts of this latest pandemic ...
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When It Comes to Hand Hygiene, There’s No Time for “Pang’ono Pang’ono”
This post also appears on the DefeatDD website. Today is World Hand Hygiene Day, a day to celebrate the simple but important act of using water and soap to clean ...
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Experts gather to take action on typhoid and cholera
Today marks the first day of the 15th Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Disease and Nutrition (ASCODD) taking place in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Ahead of the conference, I sat with Dr. Firdausi ...
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Stories of Typhoid: Martha & Thapelo Charlos
For twenty-eight-year-old Martha Charlos, November 2017 was a difficult month. She had been facing personal hardships, and when her four-year-old daughter, Thapelo, began to feel ill, Martha was so depressed ...
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The importance of knowing more: Why we need ongoing studies, research, and data about typhoid
Typhoid is an enteric fever that does not typically receive a lot of attention. Despite nearly 11 million cases and more than 116,000 deaths from typhoid in 2017, the burden ...
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