The Global Task Force on Cholera Control
WHO Global Task Force on Cholera Control was launched in 1992 following the adoption of resolution WHA44.6 on cholera by the Forty-fourth World Health Assembly. The aim was to reduce mortality and morbidity associated with the disease and to address the social and economic consequences of cholera.
20 May 2011
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The Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly adopted draft resolution EB 128.R7
KEY FACTS ON CHOLERA
COUNTRY INFORMATION
MAPS
CHOLERA VACCINES
- Video of a mass vaccination campaign
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WHO position paper - March 2010
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SAGE recommendations, October 2009
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Cholera vaccine in complex emergencies, WHO recommendations, Cairo meeting 2005
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Use of the two-dose oral cholera vaccine in the context of a major natural disaster. Aceh Province, Indonesia, 2005
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OUTBREAKS
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22 July 2011
Cholera outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Republic of Congo -
24 November 2010
Cholera in Haiti - update 4 -
25 October 2010
Cholera in Pakistan -
8 October 2010
Cholera in Central Africa - Current and past outbreaks
- Prevention and control of cholera outbreaks: WHO policy and recommendations
- WHO position paper on Oral Rehydration Salts to reduce mortality
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Presentation on outbreak assessment and response
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