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Diphtheria outbreak kills two in Edo
Edo State has confirmed an outbreak of diphtheria, which has already claimed two lives.…
Schools shut after Diphtheria outbreak kills children in Imo community
A serious outbreak of diphtheria has killed several children in Mbutu community, Aboh Mbaise…
Kano worst hit as Nigeria records 42,000 diphtheria cases
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has reported 1,319 deaths from the…
Nigeria records over 25,000 confirmed diphtheria cases, 1,319 deaths – NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed 25,812 cases of diphtheria…
Lagos meets WHO, NCDC over suspected diphtheria outbreak in schools
The Lagos State Government has convened an emergency meeting with key health stakeholders following…
NCDC records 1,262 deaths due to diphtheria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that the country is…
Nigeria records over 15,000 suspected diphtheria cases
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said that over 15,000 suspected cases of…
Diphtheria outbreak kills 58 in Guinea
An outbreak of diphtheria in northeastern Guinea has killed 58 people, many of them…
Diphtheria outbreak kills 20 in Kano
The Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency,…
FG to establish national Diphtheria laboratory
Amid a surge in diphtheria cases, the Nigerian government is in the final stages…
Diphtheria: UNICEF donates 9.3m vaccines to Nigeria
The United Nations Children’s Fund has taken swift action in response to the most…
Diphtheria: Causes, symptoms, and prevention
Diphtheria is a serious and potentially life-threatening bacterial infection caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Although…