Feasibility and costs of a targeted cholera vaccination campaign in Ethiopia

• Main Authors: Samuel Teshome (Author), Sachin Desai (Author), Jerome H. Kim (Author), Dires Belay (Author), Vittal Mogasale (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Shanchol™, a WHO-prequalified oral cholera vaccine (OCV), has been used to control endemic cholera in Asia, as well as in emergencies and outbreaks elsewhere. The vaccine has not been used by public health systems in cholera-endemic settings of Africa although several outbreak response campaigns hav...