The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced a phased oral cholera vaccination campaign to combat the nationwide outbreak that has claimed 21 lives and infected about 196 people since October this year.
According to the Service, the campaign, scheduled from November 30 to tomorrow, Tuesday December 3, 2024, would administer a single-dose oral cholera vaccine, Euvichol-S, to rapidly boost the immunity of the populace and curb disease transmission.
It targets 150,634 residents aged two years and above, excluding pregnant and breastfeeding women, across three hotspot sub-districts in the Awutu Senya East District; Akwelley, Kasoa North, and Odupong Kpehe.
At a press briefing in Accra on Friday, the Director-General of the GHS, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, said the service through its partners, has procured 150,000 doses of the oral cholera vaccine to control the ongoing outbreak.
