Typhoid vaccine to be made part of routine immunisation programme

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  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has started preparations to include typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) in its routine immunisation programme as part of the government’s plan to protect people against the vaccine-preventable disease
  • The WHO has issued formal recommendation in support of TCV’s introduction in March 2018 to put brakes on deaths caused by typhoid
  • Dr Salim said that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government had planned to improve water and sanitation services in line with the federal government’s guideline to safeguard children against preventable ailments