Abstract
Typhoid became a low priority on the global public health agenda when it was largely eliminated from developed countries in the 1940s. However, communities in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa continue to bear the brunt of the disease burden. One strategy to increase attention and coordinate action is the creation of a coalition to act as a steward for typhoid. The Coalition against Typhoid (CaT) was created in 2010 with the mission of preventing typhoid among vulnerable populations through research, education, and advocacy. CaT successfully raised the profile of typhoid through convening the community with a biennial international conference that has experienced growing participation, disseminating data and news through a website and newsletter with increasing readership, and advocating through social media and a blog reaching a diverse audience. In 2017, CaT joined forces with the Typhoid Vaccine Acceleration Consortium to “Take on Typhoid,” combining advocacy and communications efforts to mobilize researchers, clinicians, and decision makers at the global, regional, and local levels to introduce the new typhoid conjugate vaccine. As a result, the knowledge base, political will, and momentum are increasingly in place to implement prevention and control interventions including the typhoid conjugate vaccine in the poor communities that have historically been left behind.
Highlights
Typhoid became a low priority on the global public health agenda when it was largely eliminated from developed countries in the 1940s
Despite resulting in 12 million cases and >128 000 deaths globally each year, typhoid, a bacterial infection caused by Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Typhi, has remained low on the global public health agenda since the 1940s when the disease became a rarity in developed countries [1, 2]
Efforts to prevent and control typhoid emerged more than a century ago, yet attention and prioritization of the disease have since diminished, leaving poor communities in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa to bear the brunt of the morbidity and mortality of typhoid [3]
Summary
Typhoid became a low priority on the global public health agenda when it was largely eliminated from developed countries in the 1940s. Despite resulting in 12 million cases and >128 000 deaths globally each year, typhoid, a bacterial infection caused by Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Typhi, has remained low on the global public health agenda since the 1940s when the disease became a rarity in developed countries [1, 2]. Efforts to prevent and control typhoid emerged more than a century ago, yet attention and prioritization of the disease have since diminished, leaving poor communities in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa to bear the brunt of the morbidity and mortality of typhoid [3]
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