Nigeria would tackle Diphtheria with €150,000 (N75 million) gift from the European Union.
The humanitarian fund will assist the most affected communities in the states of Kano, Katsina, Lagos, and Osun states.
The Delegation of the European Union to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States, in a statement issued, on Monday, said the allocation was in response to the significant increase in diphtheria cases recorded since the beginning of 2023 in Nigeria.
Diphtheria is a highly contagious bacterial infection transmitted between humans. It causes an infection of the upper respiratory tract, which can lead to breathing difficulties and suffocation.
The statement recalled that on January 20, 2023, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control and Prevention officially declared an outbreak of diphtheria in Kano and Lagos States after several suspected cases appeared a month earlier.
The disease…