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"The organization said it shipped 600,000 treatments of the Oxford―AstraZeneca vaccine to the African country."

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It is almost certainly the case, as @Michael Harvey commented, that "treatment" simply means "dose" in this context.

However, given the specific topic, of a two-dose COVID-related vaccine, then I suppose it's possible that "treatment" could be referring to double doses. That is, 600,000 treatments would be equivalent to 1,200,000 doses. But that is extremely unlikely, given the way these words are typically used.

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The sentence is incorrect. A treatment in medical terminology is something which is given to people who already have a disease or other condition. Vaccines by contrast are given to people who do not currently have the condition to protect them and others in future. As Michael Harvey mentioned in a comment the appropriate phrase here is 600000 doses.

For instance the Wikipedia page on vaccination mentions dose six times but treatment not at all. The Our World in Data page on coronavirus has two mentions of dose but none of treatment. The British Broadcasting Corporation evening news calls them doses and jabs although jab is an informal use.

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  • I suppose that such a technical distinction might apply in some formal textbook context, but it's not the case in general usage.
    – tkp
    Mar 9, 2021 at 14:48

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