The WHO Cholera Vaccine Position Paper (August 2017) highlights the importance of oral cholera vaccines (OCVs) as a key tool in outbreak response and prevention, alongside water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) measures. It recommends OCVs for high-risk populations, endemic areas, and humanitarian cr...ises, emphasizing their effectiveness in reducing cases and mortality. The paper discusses two types of OCVs (Dukoral®, Shanchol™, Euvichol®) and supports the WHO-managed vaccine stockpile for rapid deployment in cholera-prone regions.
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Health Services Insights Volume 10: 1–7
A supplement to The State of the World’s Children Report 2009
Joint Action for Results
UNAIDS Outcome Framework: Business Case 2009–2011
Towards a world free of tuberculosis
Standard Treatment Guideline
Workshop on PHC Revitalisation in Nepal, April 5-6, 2010
Overuse and misuse of antibiotics in animals and humans is contributing to the rising threat of antibiotic resistance. Some types of bacteria that cause serious infections in humans have already developed resistance to most or all of the available treatments, and there are very... few promising options in the research pipeline
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This booklet presents key messages for action, summarized from a set of
chapters on different environmental health issues.