Meeting: Eighth International Conference on Typhoid Fever and Other Invasive Salmonelloses
Dhaka, Bangladesh
1-2 March 2013

International and regional health experts will convene in to review progress on the control and prevention of typhoid fever, enteric fever (disease caused by typhoid or paratyphoid), and disease caused by invasive non-typhoidal salmonella, including news on the development/licensure of next generation vaccines. The is being organized by the Coalition against Typhoid (CaT) Secretariat, alongside its partners icddr,b,  the Bangladesh Pediatric Association (BPA) and the International Vaccine Institute (IVI).

Dr. Christopher Nelson, Director of the CaT Secretariat at Sabin Vaccine Institute, said, “This meeting will facilitate a vital conversation between clinicians, researchers and government leaders from around the world and across Asia. It is important to discuss the highly endemic rates of typhoid in the region and how typhoid vaccines can help control and prevent disease.”
www.typhoidconference.org.

About The Coalition against Typhoid (CaT)
The Coalition against Typhoid (CaT) is a global forum of scientists and immunization experts working to save lives and reduce suffering by advancing typhoid vaccination in high burden communities who is one amongst other leading alliances. By prioritizing typhoid on the global health agenda and developing a comprehensive work plan to combat this disease, the Coalition against Typhoid eagerly anticipates expanding access to these life-saving vaccines. Learn more about CaT at http://www.coalitionagainsttyphoid.org/
http://www.sabin.org/updates/pressreleases/international-conference-present-progress-typhoid-fever-control-and-prevention