South Sudan’s Malakal in Upper Nile state started an anti-cholera vaccination campaign March 16 in response to an outbreak on March 7. From February 22 to March 16, the area reported 307 cases (mostly children ages 1 to 4) and one death. The campaign is administering oral cholera vaccine to 53,000 people age 1 and older in the town and in Malakal’s nearby displacement camp. A campaign took place in the wider Malakal area in November 2022. WHO AFRO; Eye Radio
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