ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2023
A looming epidemic: combating the recurrent outbreaks of diphtheria in Nigeria.
Article in The Pan African medical journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Clinical recognition of pediatric diphtheria in a resource-limited Somali hospital: a prospective observational study.Tropical medicine and health · 2026Article
- The emergence and spread of a novel sequence type of Corynebacterium diphtheriae in Vietnam.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Factors associated with outbreak of diphtheria in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, Nigeria: July-October 2023.The Pan African medical journal · 2026Article
- Seroprevalence of Diphtheria in Antananarivo, Madagascar, and Cambodia.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Clinical presentation and predictors of hospital mortality of diphtheria in Nigeria, July 2023 to April 2024: a single-center study.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Observational
- Global burden of diphtheria, 1990-2021: a 204-country analysis of socioeconomic inequality based on SDI and DTP3 vaccination differences before and after the COVID-19 pandemic (GBD 2021).Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Evaluation of diphtheria surveillance system in Kaduna State, Nigeria, July 2023 - December 2023.Journal of public health in Africa · 2025Article
- Eleven-Year Report of High Number of Diphtheria Cases in Children in East Java Province, Indonesia.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Article
- The re-emergence of diphtheria in Nigeria: Descriptive assessment of the post-COVID-19 crisis management.Health science reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
Nigeria has endured several diphtheria outbreaks over the last few decades, mirroring a suboptimal population immunity across several demographics within the country. The country's northern region has been affected mainly by this infectious disease; it directly depicts the effect of poor DPT vaccine uptake amongst children in this region compared to other geopolitical zones in Nigeria. Whilst pharmaceutical intervention and surveillance activities have commenced as directed by the NCDC, to combat this public health menace, top leaders of the Nigerian healthcare system - public and private sectors, must understudy the predisposing factors gearing the recurrence of diphtheria in Nigeria and provide robust, research-based and scientific mechanisms to arrest the root causes of the incessant outbreaks. This article discusses the factors promoting the recurrent diphtheria outbreaks in Nigeria, the preexisting interventions with their existential deterrents, and new strategies recommended to curb the further resurgence of the disease.
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