The Cholera Outbreak Training and Shigella (COTS) Program provides a training course for managing cholera and shigella outbreaks. Health promotion workers will find these Pocket Cards a useful quick reference tool when working in the field.

This is an easy-to-follow introductory lecture and slide show about the history and current status of the oral vaccine for cholera. Given by Dr. David Sack, a long-time expert in cholera, this lecture covers the latest developments in deciding when, where and how to use oral cholera vaccine to prevent cholera deaths.

The COTS program website offers a host of invaluable cholera resources, including: