Nigeria: MSF Offers 146-Bed Facility, Free Treatment for Diphtheria Patients in Kano
[Daily Trust] Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said it has provided a 146-bed facility to complement the government's effort to fight the deadly diphtheria disease in Kano State. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 26, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Nigeria: Kano Tops As 15,060 Suspected Cases of Diphtheria Hit 20 States, FCT
[Daily Trust] Nigeria Centre for Disease and Prevention Control (NCDC) says 15,060 suspected cases of diphtheria have been detected in the country just as it gives an update on the national response to the resurging diphtheria outbreak in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 20, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Nigeria: Diphtheria - We've Administered Vaccine to 1.6m Children in 7 States - Govt
[Vanguard] The National Diphtheria Emergency Task Team, Thursday said it has administered Pentavalent vaccine to a total of 1,692,762 children in seven states, comprising 56 local government areas that are profoundly impacted by the ongoing Diphtheria outbreak. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 20, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Governance Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Nigeria: Nigeria Records Over 9,000 Diphtheria Infections
[Premium Times] Kano has the highest number of cases with 7,747, followed by Yobe with 841 cases. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 20, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Nigeria: Diphtheria - Borno Records 59 Deaths, 481 Cases in 14 LGAs
[Daily Trust] Borno State Primary Healthcare Board says it has recorded 59 deaths out of the 481 diphtheria cases recorded so far in 14 local government areas of the state. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 19, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Nigeria: Zamfara Records 1,188 Cholera Cases, 40 Deaths in 10 Months - Commissioner
[Premium Times] The Zamfara official also confirmed the emergence of 50 Diphtheria cases with two deaths recorded. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 12, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Nigeria: Diphtheria Claims Over 570 Lives in Nigeria - NPHDA Boss
[Vanguard] Kano -- The Executive Director, National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr. Faisal Shuaibu on Wednesday said over 570 persons have lost their lives to diphtheria outbreak in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 12, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Nigeria: Kaduna Records 156 Infections, 20 Diphtheria Deaths in Seven Months - Official
[Premium Times] An official says Kaduna State ranks among the seven states with high levels of diphtheria infections in Nigeria. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 12, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Nigeria: 98% of Children With Diphtheria in 19 States Not Immunised - Minister
[Premium Times] Mr Pate said that the ministry and other stakeholders had come together to aggressively tackle the diphtheria challenge that had persisted for months. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 12, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Children and Youth Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Nigeria: How Jigawa Is Responding to Diphtheria Outbreak - Governor
[Premium Times] The Jigawa State governor said the timely response by the state Ministry of Health and support provided by the NPHDA had aided in the management of the cases and in addressing the outbreak in the state. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 11, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Nigeria: Diphtheria - We Are Committed to Work With Nigeria - Gavi
[Premium Times] As of 3 October, Nigeria has recorded 13,204 suspected diphtheria cases. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 5, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Nigeria: Diphtheria - 6 States Account for Staggering 97% of All Reported Cases - NPHCDA
[Vanguard] The National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, said six states account for staggering 97 percent of all reported diphtheria cases in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 4, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Nigeria: Nigeria Records Surge in Diphtheria Infections
[Premium Times] A recent situation report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed that Nigeria is currently facing a second wave of diphtheria outbreak (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 3, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Nigeria: Diphtheria - Save the Children Launches Response in Kano, Yobe, Katsina
[Daily Trust] Save the Children has launched a wide-scale health response to diphtheria in the three most impacted states of Kano, Yobe and Katsina. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 3, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Nigeria: Diphtheria - Unicef Deploys 9.3m Vaccine Doses to Kano, Borno, Yobe, Others
[Daily Trust] The United Nation Children Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that in the midst of the most severe diphtheria outbreak in recent global history, UNICEF has deployed 9.3 million doses of diphtheria vaccines to affected states in Nigeria. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 28, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
