GAVI, the private-public Vaccine Alliance, sponsored by private organisations and governments across the world, has delivered 953,000 doses of Oral Cholera Vaccine to Somalia.
The program is designed to protect over 450,000 people from the disease and is taking place in three of the worst-hit regions, Banadir, Kismayo and Beledweyne, with the vaccine given in two doses to everyone aged one or more.
The first round ran from 15-19 Mar and the second from 18-22 Apr, with the vaccines procured, transported and stored at the appropriate temperature by UNICEF, and administered by the Government of Somalia with the support of the World Health Organisation and UNICEF.
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