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Daily Rendezvous  Millions at risk from cholera due to lack of clean water, soap and toilets, and shortage of cholera vaccine The International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision calls for urgent fast-tracking of life-saving measures. Geneva/New York, 20 March 2024-- Immediate action is needed to stem an unprecedented multi-year upsurge in cholera cases worldwide, according to the International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision. Actions include investing in access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene, testing and detecting outbreaks quickly, improving quality of and access to healthcare, and fast-tracking additional production of affordable oral cholera vaccine (OCV) doses to better prevent cases. The ICG manages the global cholera vaccine stockpile. The group includes the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Médecins Sans Frontières, UNICEF and WHO. Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, finances the vaccine stockpi...

Daily Rendezvous  The United Nations has condemned the reported abductions of Internally Displaced Persons, mostly girls, women and boys in Ngala local government area of Borno state. This is contained in a statement issued by the Resident Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mohammed Malick Fal. The state reads, "The United Nations strongly condemns the reported abduction of internally displaced persons (IDPs), many of them women, boys and girls, in the Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State.  XThe exact number of people abducted remains unknown but is estimated at over 200 people." The UN said, "On 29 February, members of a non-state armed group (NSAG) allegedly abducted the IDPs who had reportedly ventured beyond the safety of the trenches surrounding Ngala - from the ISS, Zulum, Kaigama, and Arabic IDP camps - in search of firewood. While an unspecified number of older women and children under 10 have reportedly been released, scores of IDPs remain un...