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Coverage survey and lessons learned from a pre-emptive cholera vaccination campaign in urban and rural communities affected by landslides and floods in Freetown Sierra Leone

Gelormini M, Gripenberg M, Marke D, Murray MB, Yambasu S,  et al.
2023-03-03 • Vaccine
2023-03-03 • Vaccine
Background: On 14 August 2017, massive landslides and floods hit Freetown (Sierra Leone). More than 1,000 people lost their lives while approximately 6,000 people were displaced. The are...
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Successive epidemic waves of cholera in South Sudan between 2014 and 2017: a descriptive epidemiological study

Jones FK, Wamala JF, Rumunu J, Mawien PN, Kol MT,  et al.
2020-12-01 • Lancet Planetary health
2020-12-01 • Lancet Planetary health
Background
Between 2014 and 2017, successive cholera epidemics occurred in South Sudan within the context of civil war, population displacement, flooding, and drought. We aim to des...
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Research

Implementation research: reactive mass vaccination with single-dose oral cholera vaccine, Zambia

Poncin M, Zulu G, Voûte C, Ferreras E, Muleya CM,  et al.
2017-10-19 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2017-10-19 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
OBJECTIVE
To describe the implementation and feasibility of an innovative mass vaccination strategy - based on single-dose oral cholera vaccine - to curb a cholera epidemic in a larg...
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Cholera epidemic in Yemen, 2016-18: an analysis of surveillance data

Camacho A, Bouhenia M, Alyusfi R, Alkohlani A, Naji MAM,  et al.
2018-05-03 • Lancet Global Health
2018-05-03 • Lancet Global Health
In war-torn Yemen, reports of confirmed cholera started in late September, 2016. The disease continues to plague Yemen today in what has become the largest documented cholera epidemic of...
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Delayed second dose of oral cholera vaccine administered before high-risk period for cholera transmission: Cholera control strategy in Lusaka, 2016

Ferreras E, Matopo B, Chizema Kawesha E, Chewe O, Mzyece H,  et al.
2019-08-30 • PLOS One
2019-08-30 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND:
In April 2016, an emergency vaccination campaign using one dose of Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) was organized in response to a cholera outbreak that started in Lusaka in F...
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Effectiveness of one dose of oral cholera vaccine in response to an outbreak: a case-cohort study

Azman AS, Parker LA, Rumunu J, Tadesse F, Grandesso F,  et al.
2016-11-01 • Lancet Global Health
2016-11-01 • Lancet Global Health
BACKGROUND
Oral cholera vaccines represent a new effective tool to fight cholera and are licensed as two-dose regimens with 2-4 weeks between doses. Evidence from previous studies su...
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Commentary

Oral cholera vaccine in cholera prevention and control, Malawi

Mbangombe M, Pezzoli L, Reeder B, Kabuluzi S, Msyamboza K,  et al.
2018-06-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2018-06-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
PROBLEM
With limited global supplies of oral cholera vaccine, countries need to identify priority areas for vaccination while longer-term solutions, such as water and sanitation infr...
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Oral cholera vaccination in hard-to-reach communities, Lake Chilwa, Malawi

Grandesso F, Rafael F, Chipeta S, Alley I, Saussier C,  et al.
2018-09-27 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2018-09-27 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate vaccination coverage, identify reasons for non-vaccination and assess satisfaction with two innovative strategies for distributing second doses in an oral chole...
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Commentary

Moving forward with an imperfect vaccine

Pezzoli L, Azman AS
2021-10-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2021-10-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
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Research

Global oral cholera vaccine use, 2013-2018

Pezzoli L, Cavailler P, Mengel M, Matzger H, Lorenson T,  et al.
2019-09-10 • Vaccine
2019-09-10 • Vaccine
Vaccination is a key intervention to prevent and control cholera in conjunction with water, sanitation and hygiene activities. An oral cholera vaccine (OCV) stockpile was established by ...
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Review

Protection against cholera from killed whole-cell oral cholera vaccines: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Bi Q, Ferreras E, Pezzoli L, Legros D, Ivers LI,  et al.
2017-07-17 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2017-07-17 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
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Effectiveness of oral cholera vaccine in preventing cholera among fishermen in Lake Chilwa, Malawi: A case-control study

Grandesso F, Kasambara W, Page AL, Debes AK, Mbangome M,  et al.
2019-06-19 • Vaccine
2019-06-19 • Vaccine
Background: In response to a cholera outbreak among mobile, difficult-to-reach fishermen on Lake Chilwa, Malawi in 2016, a novel vaccine distribution strategy exploited the proven vaccin...
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Letter

Single-dose cholera vaccine in response to an outbreak in Zambia

Ferreras E, Chizema Kawesha E, Blake A, Chewe O, Mwaba J,  et al.
2018-02-08 • New England Journal of Medicine
2018-02-08 • New England Journal of Medicine