Title
Managing Cholera As A Preventable Global Threat
Keywords
Cholera; Global tragedy; Oral cholera vaccines
Abstract
The significant annual burden of disease from cholera remains a preventable global tragedy. An oral cholera vaccine (OCV) emergency stockpile represents a good beginning for improved global cholera management, and modeling studies suggest that realizing the greatest impacts of using OCVs for outbreak response depends on national preparedness. Using the stockpile will create opportunities to gain valuable evidence and experience about the potential role and relative cost-effectiveness of OCVs. It is time to see cholera as a serious and preventable global threat worthy of coordinated attention and management, active global surveillance, and increased human and financial resource investments. Stakeholders at all levels should seek to assess cholera risks and risk management opportunities and begin to collect improved evidence about the benefits, risks, and costs of new OCVs. © 2013 Thompson KM, et al.
Publication Date
4-1-2013
Publication Title
Journal of Vaccines and Vaccination
Volume
4
Issue
3
Number of Pages
-
Document Type
Review
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.4172/2157-7560.1000183
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
84879930204 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84879930204
STARS Citation
Thompson, Kimberly M.; Duintjer Tebbens, Radboud J.; Chaignat, Claire Lise; Hill, Alexandra; and Badizadegan, Kamran, "Managing Cholera As A Preventable Global Threat" (2013). Scopus Export 2010-2014. 6843.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2010/6843