[ 2014-11-19 ]

Government to introduce cholera vaccines next year
Two new cholera vaccines to be introduced by
government next year as a way of saying never
again will the disease kill more than 150 persons
and infected over 17,000 this year alone.
The vaccines namely Shankol and Dukoral would be
used to fight the disease in areas where people
are prone to the disease especially in Accra.
Speaking at a vaccination workshop in Dodowa,
Director of Public Health of the Ghana Health
Services, Dr Badu Sarkodie, said the vaccines once
administered on someone, could work effectively
for up to five years.
He noted that although the World Health
Organisation had given the indication of supplying
Ghana with about 100,000 vaccines, Ghana had asked
for two million doses in its quest to fight it
effectively.
He intimated that Government would also make
available some Ebola vaccines in the country next
year.
However, the Ebola vaccines would be targeted at
health professionals and officials at the border
posts since their exposure to the disease is
higher.

Source - MyjoyOnline

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