In a bid to check the outbreak of diphtheria in the country, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate has constituted an emergency taskforce. It will be recalled that there have been cases of diphtheria found in 14 states, with Kano serving as the epicenter. The ED/EOC of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib and the Director General of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control...

Taraba State government has constituted a special task force that would checkmate quackery in the medical profession in the state. Dr. Bodiya Buma, Commissioner for Health, who disclosed this weekend, said Governor Agbu Kefas has given the ministry a march to checkmate activities of quackery in the profession. He said the task force will comprise only medical professionals, and security agencies to ensure that the state ceases to become a dumping ground for fake drugs....

Gawi is a cosmopolitan community in Fufore local government area Northeast Nigeria, with over 1000 inhabitants mostly livestock breeders and peasant farmers. The community which is about 7 km drive from Fufore town, the administrative headquarters of the local government area is facing challenges in health facilities. The only existing health post is a mud apartment constructed through communal efforts by the community under the Bamako Drug Revolving Fund Programme about 30 years ago as...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention says 1,534 cases of diphtheria have been confirmed in the country, with 4,160 suspected cases reported in 139 local government areas in 27 states. “The confirmed cases were distributed across 56 LGAs in 10 states. The majority [1,018 (66.4 per cent)] of the confirmed cases occurred in children aged one to 14 years,” NCDC said. The NCDC which released the diphtheria situation report from May 2022 to...

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has targeted over 1.2 million children for vaccination against Fractional Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) and the novel oral polio Vaccine (nOPV2). Mr Malan Haruna, acting Secretary Health and Human Services Secretariat, FCTA who stated this during the flag-off of the Routine Immunization Intensification Campaign in Abuja, said the effort is part of the FCT Administration’s proactive measure to ensure that children under five years are administered with the vaccines...

No fewer than 30 children have died as a result of suspected diphtheria outbreak disease and 42 others hospitalized at the isolation center of the Specialist Hospital in the Potiskum Local Government area of Yobe State. Diphtheria is a highly infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract characterized by a sore throat, fever, and difficulty in breathing. The most affected areas according to Daily Trust findings include Tandari, Misau Road, Sabuwar Sakateriya, Arikime, Ramin Kasa,...