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Headline Zimbabwe launches typhoid conjugate vaccine - 2021

Description Over four million children in Zimbabwe have received a lifesaving new Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine. At the end of May, Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Health and Child Care embarked on a 10-day multi-antigen vaccination drive aimed at children aged between 9 months and 15 years. The campaign, which has since been expanded in a bid to reach a final target of almost 6 million children, is also an opportunity for children older than 6 months to access the Inactivated Polio Vaccine and a Vitamin A supplement. Girls aged between 10 and 15 years have also received the first and second doses of the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine. Zimbabwe has battled frequent typhoid and cholera outbreaks for more than a decade due to inconsistent supply of clean water and inadequate sanitation, and hygiene services. The increased rates of drug-resistant typhoid called for preventive measures such as the new typhoid vaccine to help the country better protect its population, particularly its children. To ensure that as many children as possible were immediately vaccinated, the Zimbabwean government, wit h support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners, initially rolled out the campaign in schools. Over 4 million children were vaccinated against typhoid in just 10 days. The campaign is still ongoing, with an overall target of just under 6 million children.

Asset date 07/07/2021

Country, area, WHO office Zimbabwe

WHO Region AFRO

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