The First Use of the Global Oral Cholera Vaccine Emergency Stockpile: Lessons from South Sudan

* A global oral cholera vaccine (OCV) stockpile was established in 2013 to improve rapid access to the vaccine in outbreaks and emergencies in which cholera risk is high. The first deployment from the global OCV stockpile was to South Sudan in 2014 because of high cholera risk from massive populatio...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PLoS medicine 2015-11, Vol.12 (11), p.e1001901-e1001901
Hauptverfasser:	Abubakar, Abdinasir, Azman, Andrew S, Rumunu, John, Ciglenecki, Iza, Helderman, Trina, West, Haley, Lessler, Justin, Sack, David A, Martin, Stephen, Perea, William, Legros, Dominique, Luquero, Francisco J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Administration, Oral Camps Cholera Cholera - epidemiology Cholera - prevention & control Cholera Vaccines - supply & distribution Cooperative Behavior Decision making Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control Displaced persons Epidemics Health in Action Humans Hygiene Immunization International Agencies Mass Vaccination - organization & administration Mortality Prevention Sanitation South Sudan Sudan Tropical diseases Vaccines Water shortages
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Zusammenfassung:	* A global oral cholera vaccine (OCV) stockpile was established in 2013 to improve rapid access to the vaccine in outbreaks and emergencies in which cholera risk is high. The first deployment from the global OCV stockpile was to South Sudan in 2014 because of high cholera risk from massive population displacements within the civil war.
ISSN:	1549-1676 1549-1277 1549-1676
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pmed.1001901