WHO approves simpler cholera vaccine

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The WHO announced Friday it had approved a new, simpler version of an existing oral cholera vaccine, which should help increase the number of available doses as global cases surge.

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus looks on during a press conference on the World Health Organization 's 75th anniversary in Geneva, on April 6, 2023.GENEVA, Switzerland —

"The new prequalification is hoped to enable a rapid increase in production and supply which many communities battling with cholera outbreaks urgently need." Currently, 23 countries are reporting cholera outbreaks. The most severe impacts are being felt in the Comoros, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Somalia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The WHO move "represents a lifeline for vulnerable communities around the world", said Derrick Sim, Gavi's vaccine markets chief. What is driving the record-bad flooding that has devastated parts of Russia and Kazakhstan and forced tens of thousands of...

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