Typhoid is a persistent threat to the health and well-being of millions of people living in low- and middle-income countries where the disease is endemic; there are approximately 9 million ...
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Tag: TCV
In Kenya, advancing typhoid vaccine science and policy
Last month in Kericho, Kenya, our team was proud to launch a Phase 3 study of the EuTCV typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) candidate. As principal investigators based at Kenya Medical ...
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Unprecedented floods pose serious health risks in Pakistan
Environmental impacts on human health Droughts, floods, earthquakes—disasters our planet knows all too well. We have seen how these disasters have dramatic impacts on the health of communities. The recent ...
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Pediatricians are key advocates in the fight against typhoid
Earlier this year, 1537 pediatricians attended a session organized by Abbott Vaccines, India on the “Need of vaccination & hygiene for the prevention of rotavirus gastroenteritis & typhoid”. Speakers from ...
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EuTCV trial begins in Senegal
Photo: A laboratory worker operates a machine at the Institut de Recherche en Santé de Surveillance Epidemiologique et de Formation, Senegal (IRESSEF). Credit: IRESSEF Thanks to the hard work of ...
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Improved WASH plus TCV shown to further reduce typhoid in Bangladesh
Improvements in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) are key to preventing the spread of typhoid where sanitation infrastructure is insufficient. For further reduction in the typhoid burden, typhoid conjugate vaccine ...
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Vaccine reaches Nepal’s provinces just in time for typhoid season
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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Let’s talk typhoid: Past, progress, and future projections
Imagine rewinding back to only five years ago. Typhoid is responsible for millions of infections and hundreds of thousands of deaths each year. It disproportionately affects a large portion of our ...
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First TCV effectiveness study in Central Africa launched in the DRC
To read this blog in French, please click here As the urgency for typhoid prevention and control continues into a new year, February 10 marked a step forward with the ...
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We can’t stop drug-resistant typhoid without vaccines
For an increasing number of communities, typhoid is a real and dangerous threat. Symptoms can last for weeks or months, keeping children out of school and preventing families from earning ...
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