A Somali hospital ward packed with gasping children shows how war, climate and mistrust of vaccines is fueling the disease’s return. By Stephanie Nolen Reporting from Mogadishu, Somalia Qurraisha ...
The Northern Territory and Western Australia are experiencing outbreaks of an almost-eradicated infection, diphtheria. The NT ...
Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun has ordered the immediate activation of the state emergency response centre to curb further spread of diphtheria infections in the state. The governor also directed the ...
No fewer than 350,000 children have been vaccinated against diphtheria in Borno State following a joint campaign by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and the state Ministry of Health.The exercise ...
Health authorities across Europe are sounding the alarm over an unexpected resurgence of diphtheria — including a sharp increase in cutaneous infections — after decades of near elimination. The rise ...
The humanitarian medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières in collaboration with the Borno State Ministry of Health, has completed a large-scale vaccination campaign against diphtheria targeting ...