Parents and guardians in Homa Bay have been urged to avail their children for the ongoing mass immunisation campaign against Measles-Rubella (MR) and typhoid diseases.
This comes after the Ministry of Health launched a countywide mass immunisation campaign on Saturday targeting children amid rising concerns over MR and a drug-resistant strain of typhoid.
The vaccination drive, which began on July 5 and will run until July 14, aims to protect children between six months and five years against measles and rubella and those aged 9 months to 14 years against typhoid.
This marks the first time that typhoid vaccines which were previously only available at private hospitals at a cost are now being offered free of charge in public health facilities in Kenya.
