Pakistan-First Country to introduce WHO approved India made Typhoid Vaccine

Pakistan becomes the first country to introduce WHO approved typhoid vaccine. The Vaccine is to be used in southern Sindh province as more than 10,000 cases of Typhoid were documented since 2017. Highlights A four-week campaign will be conducted targeting 10 million children of age nine months to 15 years. The campaign is launched with ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019

Category: International Current Affairs

Topics: Health • Typbar Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine • Typhoid conjugate Vaccine (TCV) • United Nations Children's fund • Vaccines • WHO

Bharat Biotech’s Typbar-TCV: WHO approves Indian typhoid vaccine for global use

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has given its pre-qualification to Typbar Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TVC) developed by Hyderabad based Bharat Biotech for global use. Typbar TCV is world’s first typhoid vaccine clinically proven to be administered to children from six months of age to adults, and confers long-term protection against typhoid fever. It has been ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2018

Topics: Bharat Biotech • Diseases • Public health • Science and Technology • Typbar Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine • WHO