{"id":155380,"date":"2023-08-04T22:49:40","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T21:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/?p=155380"},"modified":"2023-08-04T23:12:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T22:12:58","slug":"155380-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/155380-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Only 22% victims of diphtheria in Nigeria received childhood immunisations \u2013 UNICEF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The\u00a0<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicef.org\/\">United Nations Children\u2019s Fund<\/a><\/strong><strong>\u00a0(UNICEF), says most people in Nigeria who have been infected with diphtheria never received routine childhood immunisations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Diphtheria is a bacterial infection caused by the corynebacterium species that affect the nose, throat, and sometimes, skin of an individual.<\/p>\n<p>Some symptoms of diphtheria include fever, runny nose, sore throat, cough, red eyes, neck swelling, and difficulty in breathing.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Thursday, UNICEF said as of July, 3,850 suspected cases of diphtheria have been reported in the country, out of which 1,387 were confirmed positive in 27 states.<\/p>\n<p>The UN agency added that the disease has claimed 122 lives, with a case fatality rate (CFR) of 8.7 percent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe outbreak has affected mainly Kano, Yobe, Katsina, Lagos, FCT, Sokoto, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecable.ng\/tag\/zamfara-state\"><strong>Zamfara<\/strong><\/a>, which account for 98.0 percent of the suspected cases,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost confirmed cases, approximately 71.5 percent, have occurred among children aged two \u2013 14 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, Cristian Munduate, UNICEF representative in Nigeria, said most of the affected children, especially those who died, had not received a single dose of the diphtheria vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s heartbreaking to note that only 22 percent of the confirmed cases received their routine childhood immunisation vaccinations,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany children did not receive their vaccines during the COVID-19 lockdown. We now urgently need to catch up. These zero-dose children, those who haven\u2019t received a single dose of vaccine, are a primary concern.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe need to reach the unreached has never been more critical.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The organisation said in response to the outbreak, it is closely collaborating with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the affected states and the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) to provide technical support to plan and operationalise the response.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUNICEF\u2019s commitment extends to several key interventions, including planning, implementing, and funding risk communication; transporting vaccines and related equipment to the affected states and strengthening routine immunisation; training health workers and volunteers for service delivery, risk communication, community engagement; and supervising outbreak response activities,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn light of these sobering statistics, UNICEF Nigeria urges all parents and guardians to ensure their children receive routine immunizations to protect them from preventable diseases like diphtheria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe agency will continue to intensify efforts to address the ongoing outbreak and work alongside the government to achieve a healthier, safer future for every Nigerian child.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0United Nations Children\u2019s Fund\u00a0(UNICEF), says most people in Nigeria who have been infected with diphtheria never received routine childhood immunisations. Diphtheria is a bacterial infection caused by the corynebacterium species that affect the nose, throat, and sometimes, skin of an individual. Some symptoms of diphtheria include fever, runny nose, sore throat, cough, red eyes, neck [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":155395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,9,2],"tags":[60287,10769],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Only 22% victims of diphtheria in Nigeria received childhood immunisations \u2013 UNICEF | New Mail Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newmail-ng.com\/155380-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Only 22% victims of diphtheria in Nigeria received childhood immunisations \u2013 UNICEF | New Mail Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The\u00a0United Nations Children\u2019s Fund\u00a0(UNICEF), says most people in Nigeria who have been infected with diphtheria never received routine childhood immunisations. 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