The Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt heads to French Polynesia next week, becoming Australia’s first minister to visit the islands in more than 20 years. He’s travelling to meet other ...
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Access to basic sanitation still lagging for millions in East and Southern Africa
Despite progress towards ensuring basic sanitation services for all, access still eludes many. According to recent estimates, over half of the global population – or 4.2 billion people across the ...
Read moreBrace for rainy day diseases — DOH
Ahead of the rainy days, the Department of Health (DOH) is urging the public to get ready for the wet season by knowing how to combat the illnesses associated with ...
Read moreVaccine Is a Cost-Effective Solution for Countries Burdened by Typhoid
Introducing a typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) into routine child vaccine schedules and conducting a catch-up campaign to vaccinate all children up to age 15 is a cost-effective solution for many ...
Read moreWhat does Pakistan’s typhoid outbreak tell us?
Pakistan is facing world’s largest extremely drug resistant (XDR) typhoid outbreak. More than 5,000 cases were reported from Hyderabad and Karachi in the first phase. Some 11 cases were reported ...
Read moreNGT alarmed at post-Kumbh mess in Prayragraj, warns of epidemic
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) administered a sharp rebuke to the Uttar Pradesh government for the thousands of tonnes of solid waste that piled up in Prayagraj and untreated sewage ...
Read moreWe’re Not Using One of Our Best Weapons against Drug-Resistant Microbes
But now in the coming months we’ll see the first large-scale uses of a vaccine that also has a potentially huge role to play in reducing AMR. This is a ...
Read more‘Reborn’ typhoid vaccine to be introduced in Zimbabwe in a bid to halt drug resistance
Zimbabwe is set to vaccinate over 300,000 people against typhoid in a bid to stop an outbreak that has been ongoing since 2017 which includes drug-resistant strains of the disease Children ...
Read moreMinistry creates program to eliminate typhoid
The Ministry of Health is currently implementing a program to eliminate typhoid in Samoa. According to Dr. Tagaloa Robert Thomsen, the Assistant Chief Executive Officer (Health Service Performance and Quality ...
Read moreSafety of typhoid conjugate vaccine
WHO received newly available data on the Vi-tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccine Typbar TCVTM (produced by Bharat Biotech International Limited), currently the only licensed TCV available internationally and prequalified by WHO. ...
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