Health authorities in Nigeria are battling diphtheria outbreak across states in the country.
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), said a significant number of children are yet to be vaccinated against diphtheria, a bacterial infection.
As of July 27, 2023, 836 of these cases have been confirmed in 33 LGAs across eight states: Cross River, Kano, Katsina, Kaduna, Lagos, Osun, Yobe, and FCT.
Tragically, 83 deaths have been reported from these confirmed cases, making vaccination against this deadly disease critically important, especially for children.
In this report sent in by our partner station Albarka Radio Bauchi, authorities said while some children are partially vaccinated, others are not; hence compromising the country’s goal of achieving population immunity.