NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the diphtheria outbreak in Nigeria, between week 19 (mid-May) of 2022 and week 7  (mid-February) of 2023, 724 suspected cases of diphtheria were reported from 20...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the diphtheria outbreak in Nigeria, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) reports 111 confirmed cases since last May 2022, with 89 of the...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Nigerian health officials have issued a public health advisory last week over a diphtheria outbreak in several states. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC)...

On Jul. 24,  Nigeria marked two years since the last case of wild poliovirus. Today, it will have been two years since the last case of polio had onset of paralysis on the African continent. However,...

A father and son from a local village have died from Lassa fever at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital in Kano, according to a local media report. These are likely the first cases in the north-western state. According...

Officials in Kano state, Nigeria are reporting a cholera outbreak in the northwest parts of the state, which is spreading, according to a Xinhua report Friday. “The outbreak of the disease has been...