Journal article
Feasibility and effectiveness of oral cholera vaccine in an urban endemic setting in Bangladesh: a cluster randomised open-label trial
Cholera is endemic in Bangladesh with epidemics occurring each year. The decision to use a cheap oral killed whole-cell cholera vaccine to control the disease depends on the feasibility and effectiveness of vaccination when delivered in a public health setting. The researchers therefore assessed the feasibility and protective effect of delivering such a vaccine through routine government services in urban Bangladesh and evaluated the benefit of adding behavioural interventions to encourage safe drinking water and hand washing to vaccination in this setting.
Authors
- Mohammad Ali
- Shah Alam Siddique
- Anisur Rahman
- Atique Iqbal Chowdhury
- Jahangir A.M. Khan
- Jasim Uddin
- Mohiul Islam Chowdhury
- Taufiqur R. Bhuiyan
- Yasmin A. Begum
- Iqbal Ansary Khan
- Amit Saha
- Ashraful Islam Khan
- Fahima Chowdhury
- Muhammad Asaduzzaman
- Afroza Akter
- John D. Clemens
- Alejandro Cravioto
- Stephen P. Luby
- Leanne Unicomb
- Farzana Begum
- Shwapon Kumar Biswas
- Baizid Khoorshid Riaz
- Alamgir Kabir
- Nirod Chandra Saha
- Ashraf Uddin Siddik
- Young Ae You
- Arifuzzaman Khan
- Firdausi Qadri
Languages
- English
Publication year
2015
Journal
The Lancet
Volume
10001
Type
Journal article
Categories
- Vaccines & delivery devices
Diseases
- Cholera
Countries
- Bangladesh
WHO Regions
- South-East Asia Region
