The First Use of the Global Oral Cholera Vaccine Emergency Stockpile: Lessons from South Sudan

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Abubakar, Abdinasir ^a   Azman, Andrew S ^b   Rumunu, John ^c   Ciglenecki, Iza ^d   Helderman, Trina ^e   West, Haley ^f   Lessler, Justin ^b   Sack, David A ^b   Martin, Stephen ^a   Perea, William ^a   Legros, Dominique ^a   Luquero, Francisco J ^b,g  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Canada)

^d MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^e Medair   (Switzerland)

^f INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION   (Switzerland)

^g EPICENTRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA VACCINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; CHOLERA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOT QUALITY ASSURANCE SAMPLING; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDAN; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; COOPERATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MASS IMMUNIZATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOUTH SUDAN; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; CHOLERA; CHOLERA VACCINES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; MASS VACCINATION; SOUTH SUDAN;

EID: 84949450168     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001901     Document Type: Article

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