Philippines Negros Island Region Reports Three Typhoid Fatalities

The Philippines Department of Health has reported acute watery diarrhea cases in various provinces in 2025, where typhoid fever has become endemic.

As of March 19, 2025, local media reported that the Province of Negros Occidental, located in the Negros Island Region, 344 typhoid fever cases and three related deaths have been confirmed this year.

An estimated 11–21 million cases of typhoid fever occur worldwide each year.

To alert international travelers visiting the Philippines, the U.S. CDC recommends typhoid vaccination for most people, especially those staying with friends or relatives or visiting smaller cities or rural areas.

About 5.5 million people visited the Philippines last year.

In the United States, travel clinics and pharmacies offer typhoid vaccines in 2025. The CDC says that typhoid vaccines protect 50%–80% of recipients and reinforce safe food and water precautions.

Furthermore, the CDC has included the Philippines in recent Dengue and Measles Travel Health Advisories.