Typhoid News
Outbreak of typhoid recorded 11 cases to date
- The Ministry of Health in Tonga is attempting to control an outbreak of typhoid
- 11 people have been confirmed with typhoid since January
Number of typhoid cases in Auckland increases
- Two additional cases of typhoid have been confirmed in Auckland, New Zealand, bringing the total to 20
- This comes after a short lull in confirmed cases
- These two newly confirmed cases are asymptomatic contacts
Typhoid sufferer urges people to report their symptoms
- An Auckland woman who contracted typhoid earlier in the year is encouraging people with symptoms to come forward
DOH Warns Public Against Water, Food-borne Diseases
- There were 364 suspected cases of typhoid recorded in the Cordillera Administrative Region of the Philippines from January to March 18
- The DOH of Cordillera has warned the public against water and food-borne diseases
Typhoid communication not good enough-Coleman
- Health Minister of New Zealand, Jonathan Coleman says he is unhappy to learn about a typhoid outbreak from the media 10 days after public health officials were notified
Typhoid death: Ministry of Health failed us, says woman’s family after even undertaker not told
- A 52-year-old woman in Auckland, New Zealand has died after contracting typhoid
- Family and friends say that the Ministry of Health failed to inform them of the cause of death
Zimbabwe: Council must do more to contain typhoid—experts
- Health experts say that the Harare City Council’s failure to provide basic water and sanitation services is fueling outbreak of typhoid
Eleven confirmed typhoid cases linked to Auckland Pacific Island church community
- Eleven members of a Pacific Islander church community are in the hospital with typhoid
- Public health workers are following up with 60 other people who have been in contact with the group
- Officials confirmed that this outbreak is localized. It is currently unknown how it arrived in Auckland
Typhoid claims 10 in Zimbabwe: Health ministry
- A total of ten people have died since a typhoid outbreak began in Zimbabwe in October 2016
- In the week beginning March 5, 86 cases of typhoid were reported
- Recent heavy rains have intensified fears of typhoid spread
Africa needs clean water to cut the high typhoid rate
- Safe water and sanitation is necessary to cut down rates of waterborne diseases like typhoid
Brazil’s rotten meat scandal: What we know
- Scandal erupting in Brazil over allegations of corruption in the meat industry, resulting in carcinogenic substances and salmonella found on products
187 cases of waterborne disease reported last week
- Waterborne diseases are on the rise in Ahmedabad
- 35 cases of typhoid reported during the last week
Stop wasting sewage to save ‘finite’ supplies of fresh water, warns UN
- The United Nations has called for the world to stop throwing sewage away, as fresh water is finite and should be re-used
Water, food shortage cause hundreds of Typhoid infections in Mosul
- Almost 300 cases of typhoid have been reported on the liberated left bank of Mosul due to a shortage of food and water
Epidemics threatening the population of Mosul and warnings of a humanitarian disaster
- 276 cases of typhoid have been documented in the eastern part of Mosul, potentially triggering a health disaster due to an inability to meet aid needs
UN announces interagency group to coordinate global fight against antimicrobial resistance
- The heightened threat of antimicrobial resistance has spurred the United Nations to establish an interagency coordination group
Enteric Fever Responsible for Death of 2 Students at Queens College-LASG
- The Lagos state government confirmed that the death of two students and hospitalization of several others at Queens College in Lagos was caused by typhoid fever
‘Our cost-effective test will help detect typhoid in just 7 hours’
- An Indian start-up has developed a diagnostic test that can identify typhoid and generate an antibiotic susceptibility profile within 7 hours
- The test is called iMC2-iAST, which stands for Immune-Magnetic Cell Capture and Instant Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test
Typhoid outbreak in NW Zambia Kills 2
- Typhoid has hospitalized 11 and killed two in a remote area in northwestern Zambia, authorities say
Threat of typhoid fever epidemic looms large over Wagoora
- People in Wagoora, India face the threat of typhoid as the Public Health Engineering Department continue to supply them with unsafe water