US EditionExpanded vaccine supply allows resumption of cholera prevention campaigns
An initial 20 million oral cholera vaccine doses are being distributed to Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Bangladesh after supply doubled since 2022.
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Expanded vaccine supply allows resumption of cholera prevention campaigns
Global cholera vaccine supply has now increased to a level sufficient to allow the resumption of life-saving preventive campaigns for the first time in over three years, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization (WHO) announced today.
The global supply of vaccines against cholera is finally at sufficient levels to allow the return of regular vaccination campaigns after a three-year paralysis, said on this Thursday the World Health Organization and its partners. The severe lack of vaccines in the middle of an increase in cholera cases forced the interruption of preventive immunization efforts in 2022 and the change to a single dose strategy, instead of the usual two doses, in …
Africa: Preventive Cholera Vaccination Resumes Globally
Press Release - Global cholera vaccine supply has now increased to a level sufficient to allow the resumption of life-saving preventive campaigns for the first time in over three years, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization (WHO) announced today.
In Geneva, Switzerland, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the resumption of its cholera vaccination programmes, after global stocks of oral vaccines reached historic levels. WHO, the GAVI vaccine alliance and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported that stocks managed by these organizations increased to almost 70 million doses during 2023, allowing for the resumption of immunization campaigns suspended due to shortages i…
WHO conducts preventive campaigns as vaccine distribution resumes after a pause of more than three years; global annual production of vaccines has doubled from 35 million doses in 2022 to almost 70 million in 2025. Source of original article: United Nations / Nações Unidas (news.un.org). Photo credit: UN. The content of this article […]
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