The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says 1,319 deaths have been recorded in the country’s ongoing diphtheria outbreak.
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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.
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said that tetanus and diphtheria are threatening pregnant women.
On January 20, 2023, the Federal Ministry of Health and other relevant health stakeholders declared a diphtheria outbreak in Nigeria, and by the end of October, no fewer than 13,204 persons are said to have died from the disease nationwide in Nigeria, affecting 114 Local Government Areas (LGAs) across 19 states, including the Federal Capital Territory.
Kaduna State recorded 156 cases of diphtheria and 20 concomitant deaths between March and September.
The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shu’main says over 80 percent of children who died of diptheria or admitted in hospitals never received routine childhood immunisations.