Nigeria faces rising meningitis deaths. NCDC confirms 151 fatalities. Urgent health measures required to curb outbreak.

Nigeria has received more than 1 million vaccines from the Gavi-funded global stockpile to combat a meningitis outbreak in the northern part of the country.

EXPLAINER: How health advisories work in Nigeria On 10 March 2025, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) issued a health advisory after a 31-year-old doctor who returned from ...

NIGERIA is plagued by diphtheria, a communicable disease that has become a cyclic feature in the country’s public health landscape. Amid poor primary health infrastructure, socio-economic stress and ...