Oral Cholera Vaccination campaign in Juba

Oral cholera vaccination site in the Primary Healthcare Unit located in the Rock City area of Juba.

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Oral Cholera Vaccination campaign in Juba

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF231175

Date taken / Date Recorded 27/04/2018 12:00 AM

Country South Sudan

Detailed location Juba, South Sudan

Commissioning section MSF-FRANCE

Photographer / videographer / producer Sarah Pierre

Copyright Sarah Pierre/MSF

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Additional Information / Shotlist Working with the health authorities and partners, MSF has launched a four-week preventive oral cholera vaccination campaign in Juba, to increase the immunity of people at risk of this deadly disease.

While health authorities have declared the end of the most recent cholera epidemic – June 2016 to February 2018 with 20,000 suspected cases and 436 deaths reported, the disease is endemic in the country and most likely to return.

The campaign that has started on April 24 is running until May 19 in 12 areas of Juba where people were identified most at risk in previous cholera outbreaks, and targeting everyone above the age of 12 months. Oral cholera vaccine is typically given in two doses, to increase immunity. The current campaign is to administer the second dose, after an earlier round that MSF conducted in September and October 2017, which reached nearly 200,000 people in the same areas.

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