The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said that over 15,000 suspected cases of diphtheria infections have been recorded in the country as of October 19,...
An outbreak of diphtheria in northeastern Guinea has killed 58 people, many of them young children, the World Health Organization said in a statement on Thursday....
The Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Faisal Shuaibu, on Wednesday disclosed that no fewer than 20 people...
Amid a surge in diphtheria cases, the Nigerian government is in the final stages of establishing a national laboratory dedicated to testing for the deadly disease....
The United Nations Children’s Fund has taken swift action in response to the most severe diphtheria outbreak globally in recent history by deploying 9.3 million doses...
Diphtheria is a serious and potentially life-threatening bacterial infection caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Although this disease has become rare due to widespread vaccination efforts, it’s essential...