Building momentum against diphtheria outbreak in Nigeria
Cumulatively from 9 May 2022 to 25 October 2023, 15, 569 suspected (9772 confirmed) diphtheria cases that have been reported across Nigeria, 547 of whom have died
When his seven-year-old brother Jubrin was diagnosed with diphtheria in July 2023, Aminu Dayyabu Alharini had never heard of the disease, the latest outbreak of which has claimed more than 500 lives in Nigeria. Following the diagnosis, Jubrin was immediately transferred from the health facility near their home in Alharini…