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Cholera epidemic in Cameroon: the resounding need for multi-sectoral national and trans-border collaboration

Introduction As of January 30, 2022, Cameroon has recorded 1,102 cholera cases across five Regions. The outbreak has already claimed the lives of 32 persons. These figures were reported by the Cameroon Ministry of...

22 February, 2022

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Cholera Outbreak in the South of the Philippines

A Cholera outbreak was detected in Barangay Santiago, Caraga Davao Oriental, the Philippines, on January 31, 2022, affecting 265 residents. The area’s existing water system, in need of rehabilitation, is suspected to be...

4 February, 2022

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A promising new one-dose cholera vaccination strategy could save lives during outbreaks

A promising new one-dose cholera vaccination strategy could save lives during outbreaks. A new cholera control strategy using a single-dose of oral vaccine instead of two is sufficient to protect against the deadly...

26 October, 2016

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Global supply of oral cholera vaccine to double after WHO approves new supplier

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that supply for life-saving oral cholera vaccine will double this year. Two manufacturers currently supply 3 million doses of the vaccine but the U.N. agency said that...

12 January, 2016

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Cholera vaccine stocks could save millions of refugees in Nepal

First the quake, now the disease. The earthquake in Nepal on 25 April drove 2.8 million people into tents with little clean water or sanitation. Infections like hepatitis and diarrhoea are now appearing, but the biggest...

8 May, 2015

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Effective surveillance led to control of 2013 cholera outbreak in Mexico

Ongoing microbiologic surveillance of Vibrio cholerae infection in Mexico successfully controlled an outbreak in the La Huasteca region within 13 weeks, according to recent findings. In an MMWR report, researchers...

1 August, 2014

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Review on effects of treating cholera with antimicrobial drugs

Researchers from the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group, co-ordinated through the editorial base in LSTM, conducted an independent review of the effects of treating cholera with antimicrobial drugs, published in The...

27 June, 2014

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Oral cholera vaccine ‘offers protection for five years’

Cholera can now be prevented effectively for five years with an oral vaccine, a clinical trial in India has shown. Details of the trial are to be published in the December issue of The Lancet Infectious Diseases. The...

7 January, 2014

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Cholera vaccine yields 5-year protection, finds acceptance

A study released recently shows that an oral cholera vaccine made in India is the first such vaccine to offer significant protection for 5 years, while another new report says the vaccine was well-accepted in an...

28 October, 2013

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Indian scientists break dengue code, develop non-infectious vaccine from yeast

Indian scientists have achieved an important breakthrough in their efforts to develop a vaccine to prevent the deadly dengue. Supported by the Department of Biotechnology under the Ministry of Science & Technology...

23 September, 2013

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