The Federal Government has deployed 500,000 diphtheria vaccine doses to Katsina and Kano states, activating an emergency task force to contain the outbreak

ABUJA -- At least 50 children have been killed and several others hospitalized in an outbreak of diphtheria in Nigeria's northwestern state of Kano, the state legislature said…

Kano State appeals to the Federal Government for additional diphtheria vaccines to combat a deadly outbreak, urging early reporting to save lives.

.NPHCDA deploys 500,000 doses of vaccines