Since January this year, 29 countries have reported cholera cases, including Haiti, Malawi and Syria which are facing large outbreaks. In comparison, in the previous 5 years, fewer than 20 countries on average reported outbreaks. The global trend is moving towards more numerous, more widespr
Geneva [Switzerland], October 19 (ANI): A strained global supply of cholera vaccines has prompted the international body which distributes oral cholera vaccines during outbreaks, to temporarily suspend the standard two-dose vaccination regimen in cholera outbreak response campaigns, using in
New Delhi [India], Jan. 28 (ANI): Hilleman Laboratories, a joint-venture partnership between MSD and Wellcome Trust, has announced that it has been awarded a set of global patents for its Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV).