US EditionWHO Announces Restart of Preventive Cholera Vaccinations After Nearly 4-Year Halt
A first allocation of 20 million oral cholera vaccine doses is being deployed to Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Bangladesh after supply doubled since 2022, WHO said.
- On Wednesday the World Health Organization, Gavi and UNICEF announced the global supply has increased 'to a level sufficient to allow the resumption of life-saving preventative campaigns.'
- The halt began in 2022 when a global surge caused unprecedented demand and vaccine shortages, but manufacturers and global agencies doubled oral cholera vaccine supply from 35 million doses in 2022 to nearly 70 million doses in 2025.
- A first allocation of 20 million doses is being deployed, with 3.6 million delivered to Mozambique, 6.1 million to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and 10.3 million planned for Bangladesh.
- UNICEF and WHO leaders say the restart will protect children and save lives, but officials stressed vaccines must be paired with water, sanitation and hygiene investments.
- Gavi's track record — immunising over 1.2 billion children and preventing more than 20.6 million deaths — underpins the financing of the global OCV stockpile with donor governments and partners.
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World Health Organization Restarts Preventative Cholera Vaccinations After Pause
Preventative cholera vaccination is resuming after a four-year halt, the World Health Organization said on Feb. 4. Mozambique will be the first country to restart the vaccination, with additional countries planning to resume vaccination campaigns. Cholera, spread through contaminated food and water, causes symptoms such as severe diarrhea and dehydration and can be fatal if left untreated. The bacterial disease began to surge in some countries i…
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WHO announces restart of preventive cholera vaccinations after nearly 4-year halt
The World Health Organization has announced the restart of preventive cholera vaccination programs globally after they were halted for nearly four years due to a vaccine shortage.
Africa: Preventive Cholera Vaccination Resumes As Global Supply Reaches Critical Milestone
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.
Cholera vaccination resumes in Africa
from ARMANDO DOMINGOS in Maputo, MozambiqueMozambique BureauMAPUTO, (CAJ News) – AFTER more than three years of limited availability, global cholera vaccine supplies have reached a critical milestone, enabling the resumption of preventive cholera vaccination campaigns across Africa and other affected regions. The announcement was made jointly by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization (WHO). Mozambique is the first …
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