Meeting: Coalition against Typhoid (CaT)
June 13, 2012 – Bangkok, Thailand
The Coalition against Typhoid (CaT), an initiative of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, brought together global health leaders from across Asia to discuss the high burden of endemic typhoid and the growing number of typhoid outbreaks in the region. Experts called on policymakers and ministries of health to make typhoid vaccination a priority in their countries.
“Pediatric associations and others across the region recognize typhoid’s serious impact, particularly the rising and widespread threat of drug resistant typhoid. Many – including India and Indonesia – have made recommendations supporting the use of typhoid vaccines.” said Dr. Lalitha Mendis, Chairperson of the Technical Consultative Group on immunization for the World Health Organization’s (WHO) South East Asia Regional Office (SEARO) in New Delhi and immediate past President of the Sri Lanka Medical Council. “National stakeholders and policy makers should review the evidence and discuss the adoption of typhoid vaccines.”
Despite a WHO recommendation and the prioritization of typhoid vaccines for “immediate” implementation at a 2009 WHO SEARO meeting, many countries in Asia have yet to recommend or introduce typhoid vaccines.
More about the typhoid burden in Asia and a full list of speakers: http://coalitionagainsttyphoid.org/.
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