Malawi gets 2.9 mln cholera vaccine doses

Malawi has received 2.9 million doses of oral cholera vaccine as an outbreak continues to spread across the country, Qazet.az reports according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF.

The vaccine consignment comes as the death toll from the outbreak that started in March rose to 207, Malawi health ministry figures showed.

The WHO facilitated procurement of the oral cholera vaccine with funds from global vaccines alliance Gavi. UNICEF supported delivery of the doses from a global emergency stockpile.