A new vaccine that could prevent up to nine-in-10 cases of typhoid fever has been recommended by the World Health Organization. Crucially it works in children, who are at high-risk of the infection, unlike other typhoid vaccines. Two typhoid vaccines already approved to help reduce the number of cases, but none are licensed for children under the age of two. Every childhood vaccine may go into a single jabThe decision to recommend the new conjugate typhoid vaccine was made by the WHO's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (Sage). Gavi, the global body that pays for vaccines in 68 low and middle-income countries, is now considering whether to add the typhoid vaccine.

Source: The Star October 24, 2017 16:07 UTC