Cholera vaccine arrives
Posted on Mar 13, 2012
Jon Lascher, PIH – Artibonite Region, Haiti
March 13, 2012
The cholera vaccine (Shanchol) arrived in the country this week and the cold container seems to be working well. We're checking it twice a day.
But the vaccination delivery plan is stalled. There's been a misunderstanding about the project involving the National Ethics Committee. We are trying to sort out the details but we won't vaccinate until we have been cleared to do so by the NEC and the Minister of Health. Even with these delays we are still eager to see this project through to 100% completion... before the rains.
Richard Knox spent the day in the Artibonite this past weekend and released a NPR report about the vaccine project.
