May 2022: Malawi kicks off 1st round of OCV campaign

Malawi kicked off the first round of a cholera vaccination effort on May 23, aiming to reach 1.9 million people ages 1 and older in eight southern districts: Balaka, Blantyre, Chikwawa, Machinga, Mangochi, Mulanje, Nsanje and Phalombe. The second round is scheduled for two to six weeks later. The country has received 3.9 million doses of OCV from the global emergency stockpile to use as an emergency response to an outbreak that started in March. WHO Malawi; The Nation