With 13,727 XDR typhoid cases reported, Sindh plans to reach 10.1m children

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  • Following the emergence of 95 per cent of all the typhoid cases as XDR (Extensively Drug Resistant) Typhoid in Sindh, health officials in the province have decided to vaccinate around 10.1 million children
  • Currently, only two antibiotics are effective against the XDR typhoid, which are extremely costly and last line of treatment
  • Health department officials said the decision to import the Indian vaccine was taken after XDR Typhoid cases reached the figure of 13,727 since it was first reported in 2016