Vaccinating for Cholera in Haiti

The World Health Organization will start vaccinating Haitians against cholera in April. Peter Hotez, M.D., Ph.D., Distinguished Research Professor, Walter G. Ross Professor and chair of the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, discusses why vaccination is needed in Haiti.

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