© WHO Oral Cholera vaccination Campaign (OCV), Sannah IDPs camp, Al Dhale'e - 9 December 2024 © Credits Preventive cholera vaccination resumes as global supply reaches critical milestone First preventive campaign in over three years launches in Mozambique, with others planned in Bangladesh and the Democratic Republic of the Congo 4 February 2026 News release Geneva Reading time: Global cholera vaccine supply has now increased to a level sufficient to allow the resumption of life-saving preventive campaigns for the first time in over three years, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization (WHO) announced today.Mozambique is the first country to restart preventive vaccination, following the halt in 2022 caused by the global surge in cholera cases that drove up demand and led to shortages of oral cholera vaccine (OCV) stocks.The preventive vaccination campaign begins amid an ongoing cholera outbreak and the aftermath of floods that affected more than 700 000 people and displaced many.…