Diphtheria: 6 states account for staggering 97% of all reported cases

The agency’s director general,Dr Faisal Shuaib,who disclosed this on Tuesday,at the Diphtheria Outbreak Response Press Conference,in Abuja,named the states as Kano, Yobe, Katsina, Borno, Kaduna, and Bauchi, respectively.

” These campaigns have been meticulously planned and executed, with a laser focus on the epicenter of the outbreak. Speaking further,he said:”Today, we stand united in the face of a public health challenge that demands our unwavering attention and swift action. “As you may be aware, on the 19th of September 2023, the Honourable Coordinating Minister of the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare , Prof Muhammad Ali Pate, set up a national emergency task team for higher level coordination of outbreak response efforts. This includes ensuring optimal collaboration of all relevant stakeholders such as political, religious and traditional leaders.

According to him,”Beyond Kano, we expanded our response to include Kaduna, Katsina, Bauchi, and Yobe in our Phase One response. These states engaged, trained, and executed vaccination campaigns in 25 high-burden LGAs within their borders with the commencement of reactive vaccination in August 2023. Borno State also conducted reactive vaccination exercises in four LGAs during the same period.”

“As of September 23rd, 2023, we commenced the Phase 2 Round 1 Diphtheria outbreak response in seven of the high-burden states. Yobe began on September 23rd, followed by Kano on September 30th. Bauchi, Borno, Jigawa, Kaduna, and Katsina are poised to commence on October 7th, 2023.

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