Salima, Nkhatabay residents get Oral Cholera Vaccines

LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-The Malawi government through Ministry of Health (MoH) this week rolled out Oral Cholera Vaccines (OCV) in a bid to control the disease’ outbreak.

The ministry’s spokesperson Joshua Malango told The Maravi Post in an interview that implementation of the vaccine started to the people of  Nkhata Bay and Salima districts

Malango said the vaccines have proven to be effective in controlling the cholera outbreaks in the country as evidenced in the districts where the vaccines were administered.

The vaccines were first administered in Karonga, Chikwawa and Zomba districts among others.

Lloyd M’bwana

I’m a Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resource (LUANAR)’s Environmental Science graduate (Malawi) and UK’s ICM Journalism and Media studies scholar. Also University of Malawi (UNIMA) Library Science Scholar. I have been The Malawi Country Manager and duty editor for the Maravi Post since 2019. My duty editor’s job is to ensure that the news is covered properly, that it is delivered on time, and that it is created to the standards set out in the editorial guidelines of the Maravi Post.