•Diphtheria outbreak The Lagos State government says it has recorded 53 suspected cases of diphtheria in 2026, out of which six were laboratory -confirmed positive. The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, disclosed this during a press conference on the state’s Diphtheria Preparedness and Response held at the Conference...
•Diphtheria Diphtheria in parts of Plateau State that claimed no fewer than 23 lives last week has taken a new upward dimension when a family yesterday rushed to the Primary Healthcare Clinic in Jos with three children who were allegedly affected by the symptoms of the disease. According to the mother of the allegedly affected […]
•Lassa fever Nigeria’s health-security system is facing a fresh test as Lassa fever, cholera and diphtheria expose dangerous gaps in disease detection, laboratory capacity, treatment, immunisation, sanitation and community surveillance. The revelation comes amid a cholera outbreak that has produced more than 65,000 suspected cases across 35...
•Diphtheria outbreak There were heightened efforts yesterday by some state governments to contain diphtheria outbreak following the spread of the deadly scourge. The death toll had risen to 1,767 in Kano and Plateau states as of yesterday. The recorded cases in Kano, Plateau and Nasarawa states stood at 32, 797, reports The Nation. By yesterda...
•Diphtheria outbreak For many families in Rurum community in Rano Local Government Area of Kano State, seeking medical help for a sick child often comes only after the illness has become severe. Some parents first turn to patent medicine sellers known in local parlance as ‘chemists’, while others rely on traditional healers or simply treat [&h...
•Diphtheria The federal government has issued an alert warning Nigerians of the outbreak of infectious diseases across the country. Issuing the warning today via its website, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) confirmed the widespread outbreak of cholera, dengue fever, Mpox, diphtheria, and yellow fever. The public he...
•Diphtheria The Edo State Government today said it has placed hospitals across the state on “high alert” over the recent outbreak of diphtheria, a bacterial infection that affects the upper respiratory tract. The government, in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Fred Itua, said that Governor Monday Okpebholo had activate...
•Diphtheria Two persons have reportedly died of diphtheria, popularly called whooping cough, at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH, Ugbowo, Edo State, amidst growing concerns over a nationwide shortage of vaccines. The death of the two out of five reported cases is attributed to alleged immunization gaps, surveillance lapses and l...
•Diphtheria disease The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says 1,319 deaths have been recorded in the country’s ongoing diphtheria outbreak. The NCDC said this in its latest situation report from the National Diphtheria Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) published yesterday via its official website. Diphtheria is a seriou...
•Diphtheria disease Following the outbreak of diphtheria in King’s College, Victoria Island Annexe, the Lagos State Government has officially confirmed the death of the index case even as it disclosed that 34 closed contacts of the deceased student have been placed on observation. The state government also said 14 out of the 34 have shown [&he...
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