The reactive cholera vaccination campaign in urban Dhaka in 2022: experience, lessons learned and future directions
Introduction: An upsurge of diarrheal cases occurred in Dhaka, Bangladesh, with approximately 30% of the cases being identified as cholera in 2022. To combat this situation, a reactive Oral Cholera Vaccination campaign was organized in five highly cholera-affected areas of Dhaka city. The paper is a...
Main Authors: | Zahid Hasan Khan, Md Taufiqul Islam, Mohammad Ashraful Amin, Nabid Anjum Tanvir, Fahima Chowdhury, Farhana Khanam, Taufiqur Rahman Bhuiyan, Tajul Islam A Bari, Aninda Rahman, Md Nazmul Islam, Ashraful Islam Khan, Firdausi Qadri |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2024-06-01
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Series: | Public Health in Practice |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666535224000156 |
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