INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
BAJURA, APRIL 7Health authorities in Bajura are preparing to run a vaccination drive
PM Deuba inaugurates vaccination campaign against typhoid
Anti-typhoid vaccination campaign beginning in Madhes Province
According to District Health Office chief Dayakrishna Panta, the vaccination drive in the district will run
from April 17 to 21 as per the 24-day nationwide vaccination campaign from April 8 to May 1.
"As per the campaign, 59,038
children aged 15 months to 15 years in the district will be vaccinated," Panta said, adding that preparations to select and train manpower
for the vaccination drive and to run vaccination centres had finished.Bajura Health Office information officer Mahesh Chanda said once the
drive is over the vaccine will be also adopted as a regular vaccine
"After the vaccination drive is over, the vaccine will be adopted as a regular vaccine, meaning every child, upon attaining 15 months, will
be given this vaccine," he said.For the vaccination drive, some 348 vaccination centres have been set up at various health facilities and
schools.Some 348 health workers and 676 volunteers will be mobilised.As per ,data over the past five years, 450,000 people suffered from
typhoid on average every year.A version of this article appears in the print on April 8, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
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