- Summary- Emergency stockpile exhausted due to high demand- Some 30 countries have reported outbreaks this year- Cholera vaccines seen as less profitable than othersGENEVA, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The global stockpile of cholera vaccines the World Health Organization helps manage is "currently empty or extremely low", a WHO official said on Friday amid a resurgence of the disease around the world.The U.N. health agency says global fatality rates are rising and there are around 30 countries around the world that have reported cholera outbreaks this year, about a third higher than in a typical year.He was referring to an emergency stockpile held by the International Coordinating Group on vaccine provision that is managed by the WHO and other partners."It is not acceptable in the 21st century to have people dying of a disease which is very well known and very easy to treat," Barboza added.Among the countries with outbreaks are those affected by poverty and conflict such as Haiti and Yemen but the disease has also been reported in countries like Lebanon which until recently was a middle-income country, saying this should be a "wake-up" call for other countries."