STUDY INTERVENTION Vaccine Each dose of the vaccine contains whole cell inactivated heat killed and formalin killed bacteria consisting of 600 ELISA Units (EU) of lipopolysaccharide (LPS). It consists of formalin-killed V. cholerae Inaba, El Tor biotype (strain Phil 6973). It also contains 300 EU LPS of heat-killed V. cholerae Ogawa classical biotype (Cairo 50); 300 EU LPS of formalin killed V. cholerae Ogawa classical biotype (Cairo 50); 300 EU LPS of heat-killed V. cholerae Inaba, classical biotype (Cairo 48); and 600 EU LPS of formalin killed V. cholerae O139 (4260B) (9). The vaccine has no detectable cholera toxin. The study agents (Vaccine or placebo) is packaged as liquid formulations in 1.5-ml doses. The vaccine will be given in two doses separated by a two week interval and administered by oral syringe without a needle after which each participant will be offered water. No buffer will be co administered.