Pressure on cholera vaccine stocks 'decreasing': Gavi alliance
The Peninsula
Paris: A resurgence of cholera across Africa has driven an urgent need for more vaccine doses, but stock shortages have hampered the fight against the...
Paris: A resurgence of cholera across Africa has driven an urgent need for more vaccine doses, but stock shortages have hampered the fight against the increasing outbreaks of the deadly disease.
But pressure on the supply of doses is now decreasing, said Aurelia Nguyen, chief programme officer of the Gavi vaccine alliance that raises funds to supply vaccines to developing countries.
Ahead of a summit in Paris on Thursday aimed at ramping up vaccine production in Africa, Nguyen told AFP about the current state of play.
How many doses are there?
Nguyen: "Cholera outbreaks are becoming more and more frequent, more and more widespread, and are occurring more often in countries that had previously been spared."
