Pour lire ce blog en français, veuillez cliquer ici World Immunization Week, celebrated the last week of April, is a chance to recognize both the lifesaving power of vaccines and ...
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Tag: TCV
L’humain au cœur de l’introduction des vaccins
La Semaine mondiale de la vaccination, qui a lieu la dernière semaine du mois d’avril, permet de mettre en avant le rôle vital des vaccins et de saluer les efforts ...
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Climate change in Niger and its impact on community health
Pour lire ce blog en français, veuillez cliquer ici Climate change is becoming an increasingly severe problem in many countries, and Niger is no exception. The West African country faces ...
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The journey of a vaccine: from production to protection
New vaccine introduction is no small feat: it takes months of coordination, teams of people, and sometimes hundreds of miles before vaccines make it from manufacturing facilities to the communities ...
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Time to take action with TCV in India
India has long grappled with a significant public health challenge—an alarmingly high typhoid burden. In 2017, more than half of the world’s typhoid cases were projected to have occurred in ...
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What have we learned from a 5-year-long study on typhoid conjugate vaccination in Bangladesh?
Typhoid conjugate vaccines (TCVs) are powerful tools to prevent typhoid. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends administering a single dose of TCV in countries where typhoid is endemic and/or drug-resistant ...
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Reflections from the 2024 Asia Regional Meeting on Typhoid and TCV
At the end of August 2024, key decision-makers and stakeholders from 13 Asian and Western Pacific nations gathered in Delhi, India, for the 2024 Asia Regional Meeting on Typhoid and ...
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Welcoming Dr. Matt Laurens: a vision for typhoid prevention from the new TyVAC director
Dr. Matt Laurens is not new to the typhoid field. As a Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Pathology at the Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health at the University ...
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Improvements in WASH facilities reduce the risk of typhoid
More than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas and the numbers are increasing. Slums in low-income countries often develop quickly, unplanned, and with limited resources for infrastructure. Water, sanitation, and ...
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It’s not goodbye, it’s see you later: a farewell and thanks to Dr. Kathleen Neuzil, TyVAC director
Dr. Kathleen Neuzil has been a stalwart leader of the TyVAC project since it began in 2017. She will shortly transition into a new role as the director of the ...
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