Humanitarian group scales up diphtheria response as suspected cases surge in northern states

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), a medical humanitarian organisation, said it has intensified its diphtheria response in Borno, Kano and Bauchi States following a rise in suspected cases that has stretched treatment centres and exposed longstanding gaps in vaccination coverage.

In a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES on Friday, MSF said it has been scaling up its emergency intervention since August after Disease Surveillance and Notification Officers reported hundreds of suspected…