In response to cholera outbreaks in South Sudan, the Ministry of Health, with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) has secured about 3-hundred-thousand doses of oral cholera vaccine to implement vaccination campaigns in areas identified as cholera transmission hotspots.

The oral cholera vaccine (OCV) is supplied by the International Coordinating Group (ICG), which coordinates and manages the global stockpile of vaccines for countries during cholera outbreaks.

For more on this, Aurelie Kalenga spoke to World Health Organization African Region's Dr Patrick Otim.