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Euvichol-S Cholera Vaccine
April 26 , 2024
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- The new inactivated oral vaccine Euvichol-S for cholera has received prequalification by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
- There were 473,000 cholera cases reported to WHO in 2022, double the number from 2021.
- Further increase of cases by 700,000 was estimated for 2023.
- Currently, 23 countries are reporting cholera outbreaks with most severe impacts seen in the Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Somalia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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