MOGADISHU, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Somalia and the United Nations agencies on Tuesday started a five-day campaign to vaccinate 934,511 people against cholera in nine high-risk districts that are currently facing ongoing outbreaks of cholera.
The Ministry of Health and partners including the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF said the first round of the oral cholera vaccination drive aims to vaccinate people including children above one year of age, pregnant women and internally displaced persons.
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