diphtheria

Health

Diphtheria: Expert calls for post-vaccination surveillance amid fresh outbreaks

A virologist and infectious disease expert, Solomon Chollom, has called for evidence-based post-vaccination surveillance to determine whether people vaccinated...
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Education

Plateau closes schools over diphtheria outbreak

THE Plateau State Government has ordered the temporary closure of all public and private primary and secondary schools across...
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2024 In View

2024: Tackling Nigeria’s new, recurrent epidemics

NIGERIA has faced several disease outbreaks over the past years, necessitating the need for the nation to improve its...
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News

Nigeria facing second wave of diphtheria outbreak – WHO

NIGERIA is facing a second wave of diphtheria outbreak, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. This follows the first...
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Health

How funding, advocacy are mitigating spread of diphtheria in Kano

IN Kano state, some communities have been plagued with Diphtheria - an infection caused by strains of bacteria that...
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