Typhoid vaccines added to routine immunisation programme

Staff from the Aga Khan University, in collaboration with the Sindh government, will inoculate over 100,000 infants and children in the Lyari neighbourhood of Karachi, one of the areas worst-affected by the typhoid outbreak in Sindh. “Deaths and complications from typhoid were rare over the past 15 years but the ongoing outbreak has put an unprecedented number of children at risk,” said Farah Qamar, an associate professor in paediatrics and child health at AKU. “Efforts are under way to address the root cause of the outbreak – failings in our water and sanitation system – but in the meantime this vaccine represents the best way to save lives.”