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Podcast: Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters
Episode: Cholera is Surging Around the World and Vaccine Supplies Are Running Low
Description: There are a record number of cholera outbreaks around the world today.  Consider this data point. In 2022 alone, 29 countries have reported a cholera outbreak. This compares to 20 countries over the previous five years. The outbreaks are distributed across several regions: countries in the Caribbean, middle east, Africa, and Asia are experiencing cholera outbreaks -- some for the first time in decades. Amidst all these concurrent outbreaks, there is a global shortage of cholera vaccines to the point that public health officials are suspending the the standard two-dose vaccination regimen in favor of just a single dose. ...