Tetanus is a bacterial disease that causes paralysis and can lead to death.
Globally, it was estimated to kill more than 250,000 people each year in the early 1990s. Most of these deaths were in children.
By 2019, annual deaths had fallen to less than 35,000.
The rollout of the combined vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (DTP) among children has been crucial in driving this.
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