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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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WHO announces restart of preventive cholera vaccinations after nearly 4-year halt

Malawi Cholera Vaccines - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Preventive cholera vaccination programs will restart globally after they were halted for nearly four years due to a vaccine shortage, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.

In a joint statement, WHO, vaccine alliance GAVI and the United Nations Children's Fund said stocks of oral cholera vaccines in the global stockpile they manage had improved to nearly 70 million doses last year.

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