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To donate to our poverty and health work in Uganda, buy Wefwafwa a coffee, https://www.buymeacoffee.com/awmedicalvideos/c/4543523 Currently we are spending 0% of this budget on administration, it all goes into the work directly. Direct link to Wefwafwa’s channel, https://www.youtube.com/@WefwafwaAndrew Next instalment video about this family, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mavm1YHO0mk&t=110s Covax https://www.who.int/initiatives/act-accelerator/covax WHO, Covid vaccine site https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/covid-19-vaccines Site as of 12st December 2022 Everyone, everywhere, should have access to COVID-19 vaccines. WHO is determined to maintain the momentum for increasing access to COVID-19 vaccines, and will continue to support countries in accelerating vaccine delivery, to save lives and prevent people from becoming seriously ill. Countries should continue to work towards vaccinating at least 70% of their populations WHO vaccine equity site https://www.who.int/campaigns/vaccine-equity This represents a serious threat to the fragile economic recovery, including due to the risk of new variants creating large waves of serious disease, and death in populations with low vaccination coverage. Director general press release https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing---14-december-2022 Only one in five people in low-income countries has been vaccinated; Access to diagnostics and life-saving treatments for COVID-19 remains unacceptably unaffordable and unequal; Also mentioned Greater Horn of Africa Cholera outbreaks in 29 countries Haiti, 1,200 confirmed cases, 14,000 suspected and 280 reported deaths Haiti received almost 1.2 million doses of oral cholera vaccines https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/263838/Green-Book-Chapter-14v2_0.pdf 50% of severe cases die within a few hours With good treatment, mortality is less than 1% Faecal–oral route Oral, killed cholera vaccine Contains 1mg of recombinant cholera toxin Four strains of killed Vibrio cholerae

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