Irish Examiner View: Rationing of cholera vaccines should provoke worldwide reaction

The WHO has been forced to halve the number of cholera vaccine doses given to people in global hotspots.
Irish Examiner View: Rationing of cholera vaccines should provoke worldwide reaction

A young girl stands against the wall in Beira, Mozambique, in 2019, as the country faced a  "second disaster" from cholera and other diseases, the World Health Organization warned. Picture: Themba Hadebe/AP

The fact the World Health Organization (WHO) has begun rationing cholera vaccines worldwide seems unthinkable in this day and age.

A “dire shortage” of cholera vaccines and an unprecedented rise in cases globally has forced the WHO to halve the number of doses given to people in global hotspots.

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