The European Union (EU) has released €1 million in humanitarian aid to Nigeria to help mitigate the diphtheria outbreak. Nigeria is currently battling a diphtheria outbreak with over 10,000 confirmed
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The National Primary Health Care Department Agency (NPHCDA) says diphtheria has killed 20 persons in Kaduna state. Faisal Shuaib, executive director of the agency, spoke with journalists on Wednesday after

Faisal Shuaib, executive director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), says over 80 percent of children who contracted diphtheria never received routine childhood immunisations. Shuaib spoke on

The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) says 117 children have died in Yobe state as a result of the

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 8,406 cases of diphtheria have been recorded in Nigeria. Giving surveillance updates

Save the Children, the charity organisation, says Nigeria needs urgent funds to manage the diphtheria outbreak. According to the ministry

The Bauchi government says it has commenced a vaccination exercise to curb the outbreak of diphtheria in the state. Rilwanu