Editing Dysentery (section)

==Prevention==
Efforts to prevent dysentery include [[hand washing]] and [[food safety]] measures while traveling in areas of high risk.<ref name=NHS2019/>

===Vaccine===
Although there is currently no vaccine that protects against ''Shigella'' infection, several are in development.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://who.int/immunization/research/vaccine_pipeline_tracker_spreadsheet/en/|title=WHO vaccine pipeline tracker|website=World Health Organization|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-07-21|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160725174627/http://who.int/immunization/research/vaccine_pipeline_tracker_spreadsheet/en/|archive-date=25 July 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Vaccination may eventually become a part of the strategy to reduce the incidence and severity of diarrhea, particularly among children in low-resource settings. For example, ''Shigella'' is a longstanding World Health Organization (WHO) target for vaccine development, and sharp declines in age-specific diarrhea/dysentery attack rates for this pathogen indicate that natural immunity does develop following exposure; thus, vaccination to prevent this disease should be feasible. The development of vaccines against these types of infection has been hampered by technical constraints, insufficient support for coordination, and a lack of market forces for research and development. Most vaccine development efforts are taking place in the public sector or as research programs within biotechnology companies.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}