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November 22, 2023

New review paper published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Typhoidland's Dr Emily Webster and Dr Claas Kirchhelle, in collaboration with PhD candidate Paula Palanco Lopez, have published an important new historical review of World Health Organisation reporting on typhoid…
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August 22, 2023

New digital exhibitions launched!

P. K. Kushal, Gali Anjaneya Temple, Bengaluru; James Ross, Survey of the boundaries of Purgunna of Bangalore; C. S. Sharada Prasad, Manual Sanitation Workers cleaning a cesspit (Images: Major General…

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🎉@typhoidland book review in @TheLancetInfDis!🎉 The book "leaves us contemplating a future of infection control, not just the future of typhoid. Although improved access to drugs is a positive step towards health equity, the rise of resistant pathogens is a cautionary tale..." twitter.com/kirchhelle/sta…

NewsTop Two
November 22, 2023

New review paper published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Typhoidland's Dr Emily Webster and Dr Claas Kirchhelle, in collaboration with PhD candidate Paula Palanco Lopez, have published an important new historical review of World Health Organisation reporting on typhoid…
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August 15, 2023

New paper published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Image: James Archer, Medical illustration of drug-resistant, nontyphoidal, Salmonella sp. bacteria (CDC/ Antibiotic Resistance Coordination and Strategy Unit) Sam Vanderslott, in collaboration with Supriya Kumar (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,…
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September 30, 2022

Typhoid Book Now Available, Written By Dr Claas Kirchhelle

In this exploration of the past, present and future of typhoid control, Dr Claas Kirchhelle uses the stories of both literary characters and real-life figures to trace typhoid’s transformation from…
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September 30, 2022

New Paper Published In Collaboration With St John’s Research Institute in Bangalore

Photograph Credit: Palani Kumar. We have a new paper published in collaboration with St John's Research Institute in Bangalore (SakshiSaldanha and Dr ManjulikaVaz) and on the historical and ethical challenges of 'Water…
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May 12, 2022

New Article Published To RTE Website

Research fellow Dr Emily Webster has written on the dangers of underestimating the longstanding challenges of Dublin's ecology and the climate crisis when it comes to waterfront real estate development. See her article…
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May 12, 2022

Typhoidland exhibition to officially open at CDC Museum

After a long closure during COVID-19, the CDC Museum is re-opening this month and the Typhoidland exhibition will officially open on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Find out more here: https://typhoidland.org/physical-exhibitions/cdc-museum-atlanta/  
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March 15, 2022

New Article Published in WIRED Magazine

Typhoidland PI Claas Kirchhelle and UC Dublin student Elaine Joy have published an article in Wired about biowarfare accusations in history. We will be exploring these links further in the…
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November 22, 2021

Typhoidland wins the SCINEMA 2021 People’s Choice Award!

Typhoidland wins the SCINEMA 2021 People's Choice Award! SCINEMA is Australia's premier international science film festival. Find out more here: http://scinema.org.au/
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November 22, 2021

Students attend awards ceremony at the Museum of Natural History

Students attended a glittering awards ceremony at the Museum of Natural History on the 17th November to receive their awards for Typhoidland public engagement project: https://www.tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk/news/tropical-medicine-dphil-students-awarded-ndm-prize
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November 20, 2021

New Typhoidland exhibit opens at the revamped Museum of Oxford

A new Typhoidland exhibit has opened at the revamped Museum of Oxford, showcasing our interactive games and videos, alongside the story of how Oxford achieved a clean water and sanitation…
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October 12, 2021

Typhoidland wins 2021 BSHS Ayrton Prize for Digital Engagement

Typhoidland has been selected at the overall winner for the 2021 BSHS Ayrton Prize for Digital Engagement. The  panel was highly impressed with this submission and was described as "uncommonly impressive" with…
Student PrizeNews
October 7, 2021

Students receive Public Engagement Prize with Typhoidland

Typhoidland with Oxford International Health and Tropical Medicine Students and have received the NDM Public Engagement Prize for their outstanding work on heath awareness for typhoid in Bangladesh. Well done…
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October 7, 2021

Typhoid in Dublin

Cockle pickers on an Irish beach. © National Library of Ireland. The Typhoidland team is embarking on an exciting new three-year project on typhoid in revolutionary Ireland. 'Typhoid, Cockles, and…
Health For All official selectionNews
March 26, 2021

The Health for All Film Festival

Typhoidland has been selected for a final shortlist of 45 films as part of the 'The Health for All Film Festival' run by the World Health Organization (WHO). The festival…
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February 24, 2021

Typhoid Awareness Mixed Media Competition

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December 23, 2020

Samantha Vanderslott on Guardian Science podcast

Dr Samantha Vanderslott speaks about the reasons for vaccine hesitancy on the Science Weekly podcast episode 'Covid-19 vaccines: why are some people hesitant?' Less than a year since Covid-19 was…
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November 30, 2020

Drink and be merry!

While Christmas is associated with eating and drinking well, in countries where typhoid fever is still rife "tis the season to be jolly ... careful". The Typhoidland Exhibition curated by…
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November 20, 2020

Typhoidland Wins Gold at Learning Technology Awards for ‘Best Learning Game’

The Typhoidland team have won the Gold prize for ‘Best Learning Game’ at the Learning Technologies Awards 2020 (https://www.learningtechnologies.co.uk/the-class-of-2020). Dr Samantha Vanderslott and Dr Claas Kirchhelle (Oxford Vaccine Group/ Oxford…
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November 10, 2020

Travelling Exhibition Posters

With our collaborators in Bangladesh, Nepal, and India we have produced educational posters about Typhoid, Antimicrobial resistance and the importance of WASH - Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene. These posters form…
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November 10, 2020

Research in Film Awards 2020

We are shortlisted for the AHRC Research in Film Awards 2020. The 'Best Animated Film' is a new category recognising films that have creatively used animation to tell stories or explore ideas in…

Current & Past Events

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Medical and Digital Humanities Lunchtime Workshop

We heard from scholars working in Medical Humanities and how they make use of digital…
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Workshop – From Research to Engagement: Social Sciences and Infectious Disease

Infectious diseases are biosocial phenomena. Effective containment depends as much on understanding biology as it…
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Typhoid Elimination: Challenges and Opportunities

A roundtable discussion on typhoid elimination: challenges and opportunities at the International Salmonellosis Conference to…
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Typhoidland Award Ceremony
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Alice in Typhoidland Speaker Programme
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Alice in Typhoidland Activity Day
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