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 ...
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Tag: TCV
Complications 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 ...
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A 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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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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Stories of Typhoid: In the Lab with Timothy Mutuma
Timothy Mutuma has been working as a research assistant for the past two years, balancing his time between the clinics in the informal settlements of Mbagathi and Mukuru and the ...
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New research from Pakistan finds children are protected from typhoid with new vaccine
During the past three years, Pakistan has confronted a devastating outbreak of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) typhoid to become the first country to introduce typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) into routine immunization. ...
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A reassuring new milestone for typhoid prevention
For the past two years, we have been part of the typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) efficacy study being conducted by Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Patan Academy of Health Sciences ...
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Leading the way: Pakistan introduces typhoid conjugate vaccine
Today, Pakistan made history as the first country to introduce typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) into its routine childhood immunization program. This is a monumental moment for Pakistan and global typhoid ...
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Gavi: Pakistan Becomes First Country to Introduce New Typhoid Vaccine into Routine Immunization Program
Press release from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance: Gavi-supported introduction of new and improved typhoid conjugate vaccine to offer protection against increasingly drug-resistant disease KARACHI (15 November 2019) — Pakistan today ...
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Our time is now: typhoid as a priority for the African region
This week I am in Brazzaville, Congo to attend the Regional Immunization Technical Advisory Group (RITAG) meeting organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) African region office. The RITAG meeting ...
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