UNICEF has recommended regular health checks on incoming passengers at the Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri, as part of measures to check the spread of diphtheria in Imo.
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A renewed outbreak of diphtheria has struck the Tukur-Tukur community in Zaria, Kaduna State, claiming the lives of two children…
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the state recorded 10 confirmed cases of diphtheria between Jan. 1 and March 27, 2025.
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) have reiterated the importance of vaccinating children against diphtheria, a potentially deadly but vaccine-preventable disease.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says 1,319 deaths have been recorded in the country’s ongoing diphtheria outbreak.
Parents of students in King’s College, Lagos (KCL), are worried over reports of suspected Diphtheria outbreak in the school that led to hospitalisation of some students.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says the country has continued to grapple with a diphtheria outbreak.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says no fewer than 1,191 persons have been killed by diphtheria from May 2023 to date across Nigeria.
The recent resurgence of diphtheria in the Tukur-Tukur community in Zaria serves as an urgent clarion call for public health…
ASHENEWS reports that officials from the World Health Organisation (WHO), UNICEF, and the Kaduna State Government have commenced an emergency vaccination campaign against diphtheria in the Tukur-Tukur community of Zaria, Kaduna State.