@article{3e48e55de6044c91b753ddd837e6113e,
title = "Cholera prevention and control in Asian countries 11 Medical and Health Sciences 1117 Public Health and Health Services",
abstract = "Cholera remains a major public health problem in many countries. Poor sanitation and inappropriate clean water supply, insufficient health literacy and community mobilization, absence of national plans and cross-border collaborations are major factors impeding optimal control of cholera in endemic countries. In March 2017, a group of experts from 10 Asian cholera-prone countries that belong to the Initiative against Diarrheal and Enteric Diseases in Africa and Asia (IDEA), together with representatives from the World Health Organization, the US National Institutes of Health, International Vaccine Institute, Agence de m{\'e}decine pr{\'e}ventive, NGOs (Save the Children) and UNICEF, met in Hanoi (Vietnam) to share progress in terms of prevention and control interventions on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), surveillance and oral cholera vaccine use. This paper reports on the country situation, gaps identified in terms of cholera prevention and control and strategic interventions to bridge these gaps.",
keywords = "Asia, Cholera, Cholera vaccine, IDEA, Sanitation and hygiene (WASH), Water",
author = "Ahmed, {Mesbah Uddin} and Mario Baquilod and Claudio Deola and Tu, {Nguyen Dong} and Anh, {Dang Duc} and Cindy Grasso and Anu Gautam and Hamzah, {Wan Mansor} and Seng Heng and Sopon Iamsirithaworn and Musal Kadim and Kar, {S. K.} and {Le Thi Quynh}, Mai and Lopez, {Anna Lena} and Julia Lynch and Iqbal Memon and Martin Mengel and Long, {Vu Ngoc} and Pandey, {Basu Dev} and Firdausi Quadri and Mitra Saadatian-Elahi and Gupta, {Sanjukta Sen} and Ashraf Sultan and Dipika Sur and Tan, {Dang Quang} and Ha, {Hoang Thi Thu} and Hein, {Nguyen Tran} and Lan, {Phan Trong} and Upreti, {Shyam Raj} and Hubert Endtz and Ganguly, {N. K.} and Dominique Legros and Valentina Picot and Nair, {G. Balakrish}",
note = "Funding Information: The conference was funded by Fondation M{\'e}rieux and unrestricted grants from Sanofi Pasteur, bioM{\'e}rieux, and Valneva. The publication cost of this article was founded by the M{\'e}rieux Foundation (Lyon-France). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 The Author(s).",
year = "2018",
month = dec,
day = "7",
doi = "10.1186/s12919-018-0158-1",
language = "English",
volume = "12",
journal = "BMC Proceedings",
issn = "1753-6561",
publisher = "BioMed Central Ltd.",
}