Cholera Vaccine
NAIROBI (IRIN) - Trials of a cholera vaccine manufactured in Vietnam at a cost of only about US 20 cents a dose have produced encouraging results, especially for children, according to a press statement from the United Nations' World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday, 8 February. The research team concluded that the vaccine was "safe and immunogenic" and "could elicit robust immune responses", especially in children, for whom the risk of endemic cholera is highest, but also in adults, WHO stated. The research results were encouraging, "particularly because of its low cost of production", it...