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5 days ago · The cholera response continues to be affected by a critical shortage of Oral Cholera Vaccines (OCV). Since January 2023, OCV requests have surged, with 82 million doses requested by 15 countries, nearly double the 46 million doses produced during this period.
4 days ago · All of the 1849 cholera deaths in Lowell took place during June, July, August, September, and October, with 117 of the 127 taking place in August and September. Of these 127, 78 or 61%, of the victims were born in Ireland, and 49 or 39% of the victims were born in other countries, mostly the US.
- Brad MacGowan
- 2015
5 days ago · The first cholera pandemic occurred in Bengal, India from 1817 to 1824, while the last and seventh pandemic showed up in Indonesia in 1961.
5 days ago · The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported a critical shortage of Oral Cholera Vaccines (OCV), which is affecting cholera outbreak responses. As of May 16, 2024, the WHO's External Situation Report #14 classified the global resurgence of Cholera as a grade 3 emergency, its highest internal level for emergencies, due to the increasing number of outbreaks and their geographic spread, as ...
5 days ago · In April 2024 (epidemiological weeks 14 to 17), a total of 27 696 new cholera cases were reported from 19 countries, territories, and areas (hereafter countries) across four WHO regions, showing no significant changes (1% increase) from the past month.
5 days ago · Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.
2 days ago · PREVENTING AND RESPONDING TO OUTBREAKS. To support emergency response, humanitarian crises and preventive vaccination in countries with endemic cholera, Gavi has supported the Global Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) Stockpile since 2014.
