Hyper-Endemic Typhoid in Africa Takes Spotlight at Cannes
14 Sep 2011 04:10 Africa/Lagos Hyper-Endemic Typhoid in Africa Takes Spotlight at Cannes CANNES, September 13, 2011/PRNewswire via African Press Organization (APO)/ -- New evidence draws attention to unrecognized burden in the region Important new evidence revealing hyper-endemic typhoid in Africa will be presented by global health experts and scientists at the 6th International Conference on Vaccines for Enteric Diseases (VED) 2011 on September 14-16 in Cannes, France. The findings, presented by the Sabin Vaccine Institute's Coalition against Typhoid (CaT), could help accelerate regional control of typhoid, a disease that afflicts 21.6 million people worldwide. This conversation is part of CaT's ongoing effort to ensure the delivery of typhoid vaccines to the populations that need them most. This latest study from Nairobi, recorded by Robert Breiman, M.D. and his team at the Center for Disease Control Kenya, provides new evidence of a previously unrecognized burden of typhoid