The scenario approach for countries considering the addition of oral cholera vaccination in cholera preparedness and control plans.
Oral cholera vaccination could be deployed in a diverse range of situations from cholera-endemic areas and locations of humanitarian crises, but no clear consensus exists. The supply of licensed, WHO-prequalified cholera vaccines is not sufficient to meet endemic and epidemic needs worldwide and so prioritisation is needed. We have developed a scenario approach to systematically classify situations in which oral cholera vaccination might be useful. Our scenario approach distinguishes between five types of cholera epidemiology based on experiences from around the world and provides evidence that we hope will spur the development of detailed guidelines on how and where oral cholera vaccines could, and should, be most rationally deployed.
Delivering Oral Vaccine Effectively (DOVE), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: deen.jacqueline@gmail.com.
Jacqueline
J
Deen
Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Lorenz
L
von Seidlein
Delivering Oral Vaccine Effectively (DOVE), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA; Epicentre, Paris, France.
Francisco J
FJ
Luquero
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Christopher
C
Troeger
Pneumococcal Research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Rita
R
Reyburn
National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila, Philippines.
Anna Lena
AL
Lopez
Delivering Oral Vaccine Effectively (DOVE), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Amanda
A
Debes
Delivering Oral Vaccine Effectively (DOVE), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
David A
DA
Sack
D000284:Administration, Oral; D002771:Cholera / Q000517:prevention & control*; D022121:Cholera Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration; D004630:Emergencies; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D014944:World Health Organization
D022121:Cholera Vaccines