The Katsina State Government says suspected diphtheria cases have been recorded across 29 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the State ...

No less than 11 people have reportedly died following an outbreak of diphtheria in Niger state. Meanwhile, 17 lives have been confirmed lost out of the 124 established cases recorded between January ...

Two to three out of every 10 diphtheria patients admitted to the Federal Teaching Hospital Katsina (FTH Katsina) may die from the disease, a consultant at the ...

The federal government has set up an emergency task force to contain the outbreak of diphtheria among children in parts of ...

Nigeria's protracted diphtheria outbreak is hammering northern economies, as low routine immunisation rates fuel spiralling ...

A grandmother in Jos, the Plateau State capital, Fatimatu Abdullahi, has narrated how diphtheria claimed the lives of her two grandchildren within one week.Fatimatu, who lives in Bauchi Road, said the ...

Katsina Government says diphtheria has spread to 29 LGAs, citing low vaccination uptake and porous borders with Niger ...

Katsina and Kano states are intensifying efforts to contain diphtheria outbreaks, with the disease reported in 29 local ...

Two to three out of every 10 diphtheria patients admitted to the Federal Teaching Hospital Katsina (FTH Katsina) may die from the disease, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has warned.

The Federal Teaching Hospital Katsina says an influx of suspected and confirmed diphtheria cases has pushed its children's ward beyond capacity, as the state prepares to brief the public on the scale ...

It’s a tragedy whenever a child dies needlessly of a disease that is both preventable and treatable. Sadly, that happens daily around the globe, due mainly to a raft of infectious diseases. One of ...

More than 16,000 children among over 32,000 confirmed diphtheria cases recorded in Kano State since 2022 had never received ...