According to Dr. Richard Bernan, Director of Regional Health Emergency, there is an oral vaccine to prevent cholera for up to three years. A group worldwide led by the World Health Organization decides where the vaccine will be distributed, and we collaborate with UNICEF and the Javi Foundation to provide the vaccine.
On her end, Dr.
Iman Shanqeet, representative of the World Health Organization in Syria, confirmed that the first case appeared in Syria was in August in Aleppo, and there is no pollution on the basic water networks, but there are special wells and pollution of these wells as a result of mixing with sewage, which led to the spread of the disease , stating that there is collaboration with UNICEF, that scientists discovered that washing vegetables in dirty water caused the spread of cholera, that the water pipes used to transfer the water turned out to be contaminated as well.
She clarified that although public networks are clean, some human behaviors—such as forced well-digging and forced water access—have contributed to the spread of disease.
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The World Health Organization’s representative in Lebanon, Abdel Nasser Abu Bakr, noted that the economic downturn has resulted in the loss of electricity and cholera, a disease spread by water and foods consumed. He explained that the World Health Organization is closely affected to stop the disease’s greatest spread and that the most crucial task is to contain the disease’s source in order to prevent it from spreading to other locations.
Dr. Ahmed Al-Manazi, the regional director for the Eastern Mediterranean, emphasised that there are already 8 nations where the disease has spread, and that each country’s preparation will vary depending on its infrastructure and irrigation system.
Global Health: The oral cholera vaccine prevents the disease for three years.
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