Feasibility of a preventive mass vaccination campaign with two doses of oral cholera vaccine during a humanitarian emergency in South Sudan’

Author(s)
Porta, M. I., Lenglet, A., de Weerdt, S., Crestani, R., Sinke, R., Frawley, M. J., Van Herp, M. and Zachariah, R.
Pages
5pp
Date published
01 Dec 2014
Publisher
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Type
Articles
Keywords
Assessment & Analysis, Epidemics & pandemics, Health
Link
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25311798

BACKGROUND:

As an adjunct to cholera prevention measures, WHO advises the use of oral cholera vaccine through mass vaccination campaigns in high-risk areas and for vulnerable population groups. We assessed the feasibility and acceptability of a mass vaccination campaign using 1) a predominantly fixed and 2) a mobile door-to-door strategy.

METHODS:

Vaccination included administration of two doses (given 2 weeks apart) of oral cholera vaccine to individuals older than 1 year of age, in four refugee camps: Jamam, Doro, Batil and Gendrassa, and the host population in Maban County, South Sudan, from December 2012 to February 2013.