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A looming epidemic: combating the recurrent outbreaks of diphtheria in Nigeria

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 va...

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Autores principales: Olulaja, Olufemi Nicholas, Anjorin, Emmanuel Temitope, Ekerin, Olabode, Afolabi, Oluwatoyosi Tolulope, Inuojo, Jemimah Mayowa
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10656591/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38020360
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2023.45.186.41328
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author Olulaja, Olufemi Nicholas
Anjorin, Emmanuel Temitope
Ekerin, Olabode
Afolabi, Oluwatoyosi Tolulope
Inuojo, Jemimah Mayowa
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description 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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spelling pubmed-106565912023-08-28 A looming epidemic: combating the recurrent outbreaks of diphtheria in Nigeria Olulaja, Olufemi Nicholas Anjorin, Emmanuel Temitope Ekerin, Olabode Afolabi, Oluwatoyosi Tolulope Inuojo, Jemimah Mayowa Pan Afr Med J Essay 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. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2023-08-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10656591/ /pubmed/38020360 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2023.45.186.41328 Text en Copyright: Olufemi Nicholas Olulaja et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/The Pan African Medical Journal (ISSN: 1937-8688). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Afolabi, Oluwatoyosi Tolulope
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38020360
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2023.45.186.41328
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