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 ...
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Building on more than a decade of typhoid surveillance: Ghana’s TCV cluster-randomized study
August 23, 2021 marks a monumental and great day for Africa! Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Ghana undertook the herculean task of launching TyVEGHA, the first cluster-randomized, controlled Phase IV study ...
Read moreTCV is 85% efficacious and urgently needed for Bangladeshi children
Recent data has confirmed that Bangladesh has one of the highest typhoid burdens in the world. But we have extremely good news. A study conducted in Mirpur, Dhaka, with typhoid ...
Read moreConfirmed! TCV can be co-administered with routine measles-rubella AND yellow fever vaccines at 9 months
To read this blog in French, please click here. Newly published data from Groupe de Recherche Action en Santé (GRAS), Burkina Faso found typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) is safe and ...
Read moreTyphoid conjugate vaccine arrives in Zimbabwe
This week, Zimbabwe began to fulfil its promise to protect children from typhoid. As this large integrated national vaccination campaign begins, typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) will be newly introduced, and ...
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 ...
Read moreThe next step: Lifesaving typhoid conjugate vaccines reach Punjab province, Pakistan
In November 2019, Pakistan became the first country to introduce typhoid conjugate vaccines (TCV) into the routine immunization system, and the world watched. Nearly 10 million children were vaccinated in ...
Read moreAt ASTMH, more evidence that TCVs work – and just in time
Photo: A boy receives typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) in Sindh Province, Pakistan, during the campaign in 2019. TCVs are a promising tool to combat rising rates of drug-resistant typhoid. Like ...
Read moreComplications and mortality of typhoid fever
Join the Typhoid Vaccine Acceleration Consortium, Coalition Against Typhoid and broader #TakeonTyphoid partners virtually at #ASTMH this week where experts will be sharing new data related to TCVs and discussing ...
Read moreA new study from Burkina Faso further confirms typhoid conjugate vaccines (TCV) are safe, immunogenic and can be co-administered
To read the blog in French, please click here. “We are so happy. We are so excited. We are so thankful that TCVs can be safely and effectively co-administered with ...
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