Bangladesh launches typhoid vaccination drive to combat drug-resistant threat

DHAKA: Bangladesh launched a nationwide vaccination campaign on Sunday to protect millions of children from typhoid, a deadly and increasingly drug-resistant disease that poses a growing public health threat. The month-long campaign aims to immunize around 50 million children aged between nine months and 15 years with a single dose of the Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine. Approved and pre-qualified by the World Health Organization, the vaccine provides protection for up to five years and is being administered free under the government’s Expanded Programme on Immunization.

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