The Imo State Government has confirmed the outbreak of diphtheria disease in parts of the state. A statement from the ...

Diphtheria is a serious, sometimes deadly bacterial infection that forms in the moist inner lining of your nose and throat, and occasionally on the skin. It can bring on breathing and swallowing ...

The House of Representatives has directed the Federal Ministry of Health, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), and the National Health Care Development Agency (NHCDA) to enforce the ...

A diphtheria outbreak in the Mbutu Community, located in the Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo State, has ...

The Mbutu Community in Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State is grappling with a deadly diphtheria outbreak that has ...

There is growing panic over the outbreak of the disease known as diphtheria in different parts of Nigeria. Diphtheria, also recognised as one of the six killer diseases of children, was thought to ...

Nigeria is grappling with one of its most severe public health emergencies in recent history as a nationwide diphtheria ...

Those vaccines included MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella), DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis), polio, and chickenpox. In the current study, Kiang and his colleagues modeled each ...

DTaP and Tdap are combination vaccines that protect against tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough. DTaP is given to infants and young children, whereas Tdap is administered to anyone above the ...

The Lagos State Government has confirmed 14 cases of Diphtheria at King’s College Annex, Victoria Island, with one fatality recorded. In response, the State’s ministry of health launched an ...