Note: This post originally appeared on the Gavi VaccinesWork website. Typhoid season in Humla, a remote district deep in the Nepalese Himalayas, is fast approaching. However, Surbir Shahi, a ...
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Celebrating Nepal’s typhoid conjugate vaccine introduction
Vaccines are one of the most effective public health interventions against infectious diseases. Today, I am happy to share that Nepal added typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) to our Expanded Program ...
Read moreAmidst a global pandemic, Samoa rolls out TCV and other new vaccines
The year 2020 was going to be the year of immunizations in Samoa. A mass measles vaccination campaign halted the deadly 2019 measles crisis that shook the small island nation ...
Read moreMotivation as high as mountains in Pakistan to ensure typhoid conjugate vaccine introduction
We are familiar with mountains in Pakistan. Our country’s landscape includes the Karakoram, Himalayan, and Hindu Kush mountain ranges. We are home to the second highest mountain in the world, ...
Read moreAll smiles for TCV: portraits of children vaccinated against typhoid in Punjab, Pakistan
Earlier this year, Punjab province, Pakistan, introduced typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) with a campaign in 12 districts and Islamabad. As this was the first campaign where I was in the ...
Read moreFirst in Africa: Liberia introduces typhoid conjugate vaccines
Liberia is a country accustomed to “firsts.” We were the first African Republic to fight for its own independence, and in 2005, Liberia elected Africa’s first female president, Ellen Johnson ...
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