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Dhaka: The Bangladeshi government has launched a nationwide typhoid vaccination campaign, aiming to immunize about 50 million children between the ages of nine months and 15 years.
Bangladesh's Health Adviser Nurjahan Begum on Sunday officially launched the campaign in Dhaka. The month-long drive will provide free injectable typhoid vaccines until Nov. 13.
Bangladesh has received a supply of typhoid vaccines from the global vaccine alliance Gavi.
According to the Directorate General of Health Services, typhoid infection rates in Bangladesh are notably high compared to many other countries.
Data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 indicates that nearly half a million people contract typhoid annually in Bangladesh, resulting in about 8,000 deaths.
Alarmingly, children account for 68 percent of these fatalities.
