Typhoid vaccination begins in Bajura

By Our Correspondent 

Bajura, Apr 18 : Administering vaccine against typhoid has begun in Bajura from Sunday under the government’s nationwide vaccination campaign. 

Under the three-week nationwide campaign, all children aged between 15 months and 15 years are receiving the jab. 

The nationwide campaign aims to achieve wider protection from typhoid, increase the impact of the vaccine introduction and combat the rise of antimicrobial resistance.  Around 58,000 children from all the nine local levels will be inoculated the typhoid vaccine. 

The campaign will be conducted from April 17 to April 21 from 348 vaccination centres of the district. 

According to the  Health Office (DHO) Bajura, 348 health workers and more than 600 volunteers have been mobilised for the vaccination campaign.  The district is administering the vaccine against typhoid for the first time. The DHO has requested all the targeted children to reach the nearest vaccination centres and receive the jab.

“We received the vaccine today and started the campaign,” said Daya Krishna Panta, chief at DHO, Bajura. 

 On April 7, the government launched the vaccine campaign introducing Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV) into the routine immunisation programme across the nation.