The Ministry of Health says 171 local government areas in 14 states in the country are at high risk of further spread of the diphtheria outbreak. The
The Ministry of Health says 171 local government areas in 14 states in the country are at high risk of further spread of the diphtheria outbreak.
Others states are Gombe, Jigawa, Borno, Nasarawa, Plateau and Zamfara, which have 20 contagious local government areas, as well as seven local government areas in Lagos and Osun states. He explained that the ministry, in collaboration with the National Primary Health Care Development Agency , Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention , states and partners, was mobilizing all the necessary resources to respond effectively to the outbreak.
According to him, the partnership aimed at intensified mass vaccination of the identified populations at risk to curb the ongoing diphtheria outbreak in two phases, saying that diphtheria affects people of all ages, especially children who are unvaccinated against the disease.
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