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 ...
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Tag: TCV
First 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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The 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 ...
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At 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 ...
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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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