Preschoolers, caregivers highly vulnerable to XDR typhoid

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  • Preschoolers aged 3-5 are highly vulnerable to typhoid fever, including drug-resistant typhoid
  • In an advisory, the NIH, the country’s leading medical research centre, said typhoid fever was endemic in the country
  • The NIH said with the treatment options for typhoid becoming more limited, preventive measures, including improved sanitation and vaccination campaigns, were urgently needed