Work Together. Stop Transmission. End Deaths.
StopCholera.org and the StopCholera Toolkit are a collection of practical tools and new resources created for the use of Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) as part of an integrated strategy to reduce cholera mortality, prevent cases, and halt outbreaks.
We work to prevent, treat, and control cholera.
The goal of the Stop Cholera website is to ensure that no one dies of cholera and populations at risk of cholera will benefit from effective interventions like early diagnosis, effective treatment, improved water hygiene sanitation (WASH) and the targeted use of cholera vaccine (OCV). The website provides tools and resources to countries and agencies that are dealing with the threat of cholera.
OCV should be part of comprehensive cholera strategies
A Deadly Disease
Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal disease that can kill within hours if left untreated. A child is treated for dehydration due to cholera during an outbreak in Zanzibar. © 2009 Lorenz von Seidlein.
Cholera Affects Millions Each Year
An estimated 3 to 5 million cholera cases and about 120,000 cholera deaths occurr every year worldwide. The Cholera Treatment Center in Beira, Mozambique runs steadily during a cholera outbreak. © 2004 Lorenz von Seidlein.
Many Lack Safe Water and Sanitation
Provision of safe water and sanitation is critical to reduce the impact of cholera and many other diseases © 2012 Shariq Allaqaband/Cover Asia Press, Courtesy of Photoshare.
Oral Cholera Vaccines Can Help Save Lives
Oral cholera vaccine (OCV) is an important tool to control cholera and should be used in conjunction with conventional control measures. A Haitian child receives oral cholera vaccine during a campaign that successfully reached over 40,000 people during the cholera outbreak in 2012. © 2012 Jon Lascher, Partners In Health.
GAVI Alliance Invests in OCV Stockpile
On 22-Nov-2013, GAVI committed funds to support increasing the stockpile of oral cholera vaccines, ensuring that millions more doses of life-saving vaccine will be delivered to those in need. Integrating vaccine into cholera programs can help #stopcholera. Press Release. ©2005 Lorenz von Seidlein.
Every year cholera affects thousands of people. Vibrio cholerae, the agent which causes cholera, thrives in brackish waters of estuaries as well as in coastal seawaters, and even freshwater in rivers, canals, ponds, or lakes, if saline levels are compensated by warmth and organic nutrients. This is a picture from a swamp in Lukanga which is a major wetland in the Central Province of Zambia in Africa. Cholera continues to thrive in this region.
Oral Cholera Vaccines reduce the chances of getting infected with cholera. Taking the OCV can protect you from getting sick from cholera. The Oral Cholera Vaccine Campaign is part of the efforts to control cholera in your community, and is complementary to reinforcing access to safe water and sanitation.
ORAL CHOLERA VACCINATION FACTS
- Safely given more than 29 million doses
- Experience in more than 14 countries
- Well-accepted
- Effective in epidemic and endemic situations
- WHO prequalified
- WHO recommended
- Proven herd protection
- Available through WHO and GAVI stockpile
- Cost-effective when used strategically
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