The Central Regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Service is set to roll out oral vaccination on over 500,000 persons to help curtail the surge in cholera rates in the region.
The directorate has designated a 4-day cross vaccination across three districts from Friday April 4 to Monday April 7, 2025, in the region.
The districts are the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem Municipality, Cape Coast Metropolis, and the Mfantseman Municipality, following their high numbers of recorded cholera cases, with an estimated number of 541,798 individuals set to be vaccinated.
Persons from the ages of 1 and above are eligible for the vaccination, as only pregnant and lactating mothers are exempted from getting vaccinated with the cholera drug.
