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The Global Task Force on Cholera Control

WHO Global Task Force on Cholera Control was launched in 1992 by a resolution of the forty-forth World Health Assembly (WHA 44.6). The aim was to reduce mortality and morbidity associated with the disease and to address the social and economic consequences of cholera.

More about the Cholera Task Force

COUNTRY INFORMATION

- Cholera country profiles
- Global Atlas

MAPS

- Cholera outbreak maps

CHOLERA VACCINES

- Video of a mass vaccination campaign

- SAGE recommendations, October 2009 [pdf 342kb]

- WHO position paper on cholera vaccine use in Iraq [pdf 143kb]

- Cholera vaccine in complex emergencies, WHO recommendations, Cairo meeting 2005 [pdf 3.26Mb]

- Use of the two-dose oral cholera vaccine in the context of a major natural disaster. Aceh Province, Indonesia, 2005 [pdf 1.59Mb]

INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS

International travel and trade statement

English | French | Arabic

- International travel and health: chapter 5
- Frequently asked questions and information for travelers [pdf 80kb]

OUTBREAKS

9 June 2009
Cholera in Zimbabwe - update 4
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- Current and past outbreaks

- WHO position paper on prevention and control of cholera outbreak

- WHO position paper on Oral Rehydration Salts to reduce mortality

SUPPLIES

- Interagency diarrhoeal disease kit
- Enteric disease bacteriology kit [pdf 13kb]

INFORMATION RESOURCES

- Documents and publications
- WER: annual cholera reviews
- Fact sheet

Latest publication

Cholera annual report 2008
Cholera: global surveillance summary, 2008 [pdf 2.52Mb]
Weekly Epidemiological Record, 2009, 84(31):309-324

HEALTH TOPICS

Cholera

REGIONAL CHOLERA INFORMATION

WHO African Region

WHO Region of the Americas

PUBLICATIONS

Cholera outbreak:
assessing the outbreak response and improving preparedness
Full text

First Steps
for managing an outbreak of acute diarrhoea
Full text

Acute diarrhoeal diseases in complex emergencies:
Critical Steps
Full text

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