Field Stories

Oral cholera vaccine has been successfully implemented in many countries and contexts. On this page, you will find stories from the field about how vaccine has been used in different settings, what lessons were learned, and considerations for the future implementers.
South Sudan
Multiple agencies conducted coordinated vaccination in several camps to prevent a cholera outbreak.
South Sudan
Medair implemented a mass vaccination campaign alongside a World Food Programme headcount in South Sudan.
Malawi
How the Malawi National Ministry of Health developed the country's first National Cholera Prevention and Control Plan.
Malawi
In the wake of severe flooding, the Ministry of Health conducted a preemptive cholera vaccination to prevent an outbreak.
Nepal
In early 2017 multiple stakeholders came together to implement the first oral cholera vaccine (OCV) campaign in the Banke district of Nepal.