Published on 17 Feb 2025
• Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) has prequalified a new oral vaccine for Cholera called Euvichol-S.
• Euvichol-S is the inactivated oral vaccine to treat Cholera.
• This new vaccine is the third product of the same family of vaccines which are there for cholera in WHO prequalification list.
• It is a simplified formulation of the oral cholera vaccine (OCV) Euvichol-Plus.
• Other inactivated oral cholera vaccines are Euvichol and Euvichol-Plus.
Cholera ▪ Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal disease that is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. ▪ It remains a global threat to public health and an indicator of inequity and lack of social development. ▪ It is an extremely virulent disease that can cause severe acute watery diarrhoea. |
Euvichol-S
Biotechnology
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