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Approximately 325,000 residents between the ages of six months and 45 years of age in nine high-density, typhoid-dense suburbs in Harare will start receiving typhoid vaccines on Monday, making Zimbabwe the first country in Africa to vaccinate against typhoid, health and children Obadiah Moyo, Minister of Care, said.
S addressing reporters at a press conference held in Harare yesterday, Dr. Moyo said that mbad vaccination was evidence that typhoid was becoming endemic in parts of Harare, with seasonal peaks from October to March of each year since 2010.
Dr Moyo said the nine hot typhoid outbreaks targeted were Mufakose, Budiriro, Glen View, Norah Glen, Kuwadzana, Mbare, Hatcliffe, Hopley and Dzivarasekwa.
He added that in Mbare, vaccination will cover residents aged six months to 48 years, while the rest of the vaccination in other suburbs will cover children aged six months to 15 years.
"We are a first time in Zimbabwe in launching this typhoid mbad vaccination campaign that will be conducted in nine densely populated suburbs until the week of March 4, 2019," Dr. Moyo said.
He added that the campaign was a follow-up to the success of last year's oral cholera vaccination campaign, in which about 1.3 million people were vaccinated against cholera.
Dr Moyo said that the typhoid conjugate vaccine should help reduce the endemic cases of typhoid fever in the affected areas.
He added that the data showed that cases of drug-resistant typhoid are also increasing, and that the vaccine should also meet this challenge.
"It is against this backdrop that this intervention is needed to prevent loss of life and disease, while continuing to work with local authorities to provide safe and adequate water and sanitation facilities in the surrounding areas. affected, "said Dr Moyo.
According to him, the data showed that in areas such as Mbare, typhoid affected all age groups, hence the need to vaccinate children and adults, while in others suburbs, it mainly affected children aged 6 months to 15 years.
"Typhoid and cholera are life-threatening diseases transmitted by water.
"The typhoid vaccine, which protects against typhoid fever, will be injected into the thigh in children under five years old and in the arm in people over five.
"The vaccine will be administered in clinics, outreach centers, schools, churches, bus terminals and markets," Dr. Moyo said.
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