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Drug-resistant enteric fever, antibiotics and the need for clean water

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Blog by Professor Christiane Dolecek. Antimicrobial resistance is a critical problem in enteric fever. Drug-resistant infections can have severe consequences, and slowing their spread requires our urgent attention. The most important intervention is to reduce the number of infections; vaccines are a critical tool, alongside surveillance and diagnosis. To achieve this control, strong partnerships between WHO, governments, NGOs, academia, private sector and communities are needed.

Local women collecting water in large jars in South Asia © Deparment for International Development / Rafiqur Rahman Raqu

Blog by Professor Christiane Dolecek

Read Christiane's blog on the Take on Typhoid website

Read the original publication in BMC Medicine Drug-resistant enteric fever worldwide, 1990 to 2018: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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