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Two new cholera vaccines to be introduced by government next year as
a way of saying never again will the disease kill more than 150
persons and infected over 17,000 this year alone.
The vaccines namely Shankol and Dukoral would be used to fight the
disease in areas where people are prone to the disease especially in
Accra.
Speaking at a vaccination workshop in Dodowa, Director of Public
Health of the Ghana Health Services, Dr Badu Sarkodie, said the
vaccines once administered on someone, could work effectively for up
to five years.
He noted that although the World Health Organisation had given the
indication of supplying Ghana with about 100,000 vaccines, Ghana had
asked for two million doses in its quest to fight it effectively.
He intimated that Government would also make available some Ebola
vaccines in the country next year.
However, the Ebola vaccines would be targeted at health professionals
and officials at the border posts since their exposure to the disease
is higher.
Credit: Myjoyonline
