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Apr 25, 2016

Apr 25, 2016

News Scan for Apr 25, 2016

Global malaria successes
Chikungunya spike
Yellow fever in Peru, China
Tanzania cholera

Dec 11, 2015

Dec 11, 2015

News Scan for Dec 11, 2015

Drugs in food animals
R&D readiness priorities
Zika risk level
Cholera in Tanzania

Nov 30, 2015

Nov 30, 2015

News Scan for Nov 30, 2015

Saudi MERS case
Chikungunya complications
Celery E coli source
Cholera in Iraq and Tanzania

Nov 17, 2015

Nov 17, 2015
Fog and flood

WHO says health impacts of climate change overlooked

Lisa Schnirring | News Editor | CIDRAP News
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Nov 17, 2015

Earlier this week, a leading expert voiced similar concerns, noting that the WHO hadn't made its voice heard.

Oct 23, 2015

Oct 23, 2015

News Scan for Oct 23, 2015

Ancient bubonic plague
US flu still low
Soft-cheese Listeria kills 3
Cholera outbreaks
Polio in Afghanistan

Oct 21, 2015

Oct 21, 2015

News Scan for Oct 21, 2015

Cholera in Iraq, Tanzania
Drug-resistant malarial parasites
Polio vaccination in Ukraine

Sep 11, 2015

Sep 11, 2015

News Scan for Sep 11, 2015

US tularemia spike
Cholera in Tanzania

Jun 18, 2015

Jun 18, 2015

News Scan for Jun 18, 2015

Ebola virus evolution
Health department job loss
Vector mosquitoes in California
Spacing of polio vaccine doses
Cholera in Tanzania

Jan 26, 2011

Jan 26, 2011

Studies support reactive cholera vaccination

Robert Roos
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Jan 26, 2011

(CIDRAP News) – Against the backdrop of the ongoing cholera epidemic in Haiti, two studies released yesterday suggest that cholera vaccination campaigns launched in response to outbreaks can be worthwhile.

In a small case-control study conducted during an outbreak in Vietnam in 2008, vaccination was found to be 76% effective, according to one of the two reports published by PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.

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