Coalition against Typhoid
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The Coalition against Typhoid (CaT) is a global forum of health and immunization experts working to save lives and reduce suffering by accelerating the delivery of typhoid vaccine
s to populations that need them most.
Typhoid control requires a comprehensive strategy that combines immediate measures such as appropriate treatment and vaccination of high-burden and high-risk populations with sustainable long-term solutions like access to safe water, basic sanitation and promotion of good hygiene practices, including hand washing. The primary goal of CaT is to define the barriers to adoption of typhoid vaccines in the communities where they are needed most, and discover key activities needed to overcome them.
Typhoid vaccine
Typhoid vaccine is a vaccine used against typhoid fever.There are two effective types:* Ty21a, which is a live vaccine* Vi capsular polysaccharide vaccine, which is a subunit vaccine...
s to populations that need them most.
Typhoid control requires a comprehensive strategy that combines immediate measures such as appropriate treatment and vaccination of high-burden and high-risk populations with sustainable long-term solutions like access to safe water, basic sanitation and promotion of good hygiene practices, including hand washing. The primary goal of CaT is to define the barriers to adoption of typhoid vaccines in the communities where they are needed most, and discover key activities needed to overcome them.
Coalition Members
- Aga Khan UniversityAga Khan UniversityThe Aga Khan University is a coeducational research university spread over three continents. It was granted its charter in 1983 as Pakistan's first private, autonomous university. AKU was founded by His Highness the Aga Khan, and is part of the Aga Khan Development Network...
- Bharat Biotech
- Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationBill & Melinda Gates FoundationThe Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is the largest transparently operated private foundation in the world, founded by Bill and Melinda Gates. It is "driven by the interests and passions of the Gates family"...
- Center for Vaccine Development at the University of MarylandUniversity of MarylandWhen the term "University of Maryland" is used without any qualification, it generally refers to the University of Maryland, College Park.University of Maryland may refer to the following:...
- CrucellCrucellCrucell is a biotechnology company specializing in vaccines and antibodies. The firm, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, is headquartered in Leiden, Netherlands...
- Finlay Institute
- GAVI Alliance
- International Vaccine InstituteInternational Vaccine InstituteThe International Vaccine Institute is an international organization exclusively devoted to vaccine research and development for people in developing countries, especially children...
- National Institutes of HealthNational Institutes of HealthThe National Institutes of Health are an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and are the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research. Its science and engineering counterpart is the National Science Foundation...
- NovartisNovartisNovartis International AG is a multinational pharmaceutical company based in Basel, Switzerland, ranking number three in sales among the world-wide industry...
Vaccines Institute for Global Health - Oxford University Clinical Research Unit at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases Vietnam
- Oxford Vaccine Group at the University of Oxford
- Program for Appropriate Technology in HealthProgram for Appropriate Technology in HealthThe Program for Appropriate Technology in Health is an international, nonprofit global health organization based in Seattle, Washington , with 900+ employees in more than 30 offices around the world. Its president and CEO is Dr...
(PATH) - Sabin Vaccine InstituteSabin Vaccine InstituteThe Sabin Vaccine Institute is a non-profit, 501 organization dedicated to reducing needless humansuffering from vaccine preventable and neglected tropical diseases through prevention and treatment...
- Sanofi PasteurSanofi pasteurSanofi Pasteur is the vaccines division of sanofi-aventis Group. It is the largest company in the world devoted entirely to vaccines.- History :...
- Shantha BiotechnicsShantha BiotechnicsShantha Biotechnics is an Indian biotechnology company based in Hyderabad.It is the first Indian company to develop, manufacture and market a recombinant human healthcare product in India....
- UNICEF
- U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Wellcome TrustWellcome TrustThe Wellcome Trust was established in 1936 as an independent charity funding research to improve human and animal health. With an endowment of around £13.9 billion, it is the United Kingdom's largest non-governmental source of funds for biomedical research...
- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
- World Health OrganizationWorld Health OrganizationThe World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...
Press Releases
- The Coalition Against Typhoid Applauds World Health Organization Prequalification of a Typhoid Vaccine
- Sabin Vaccine Institute Launches Coalition Against Typhoid
News and Publications
- "New Evidence of Highly Endemic Typhoid in Africa" in the August 2011 Global Immunization Newsletter
- "Typhoid burden greater than previously recognized in Nepal" in the July 2011 Global Immunization Newsletter
- "WHO prequalifies typhoid vaccine" in the June 2011 Global Immunization Newsletter
- "Coalition against Typhoid (CaT): A new, global initiative to advance typhoid vaccination" in Vaccine
- "Coalition against Typhoid to support the implementation of typhoid vaccines" and "VIVA Initiative targets typhoid fever in Pakistan and Nepal" in the May 2011 Global Immunization Newsletter