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Vaccines save lives let's protect our children from typhoid and measles

Kenya marked yet another significant milestone in its quest to address age-old preventable diseases that continue to place a significant burden on the country’s healthcare system. On July 5, the country became the fifth country in Africa to introduce the Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV), which has been recommended for control of typhoid in countries with a high burden of the disease—Kenya being one of them.

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