Nigeria: MSF and Kano State vaccinate over 835,000 people against diphtheria as emergency response concludes

July 8, 2026

Kano, Nigeria, 7 July 2026: The humanitarian medical organisation Médecins sans Frontières (MSF)/Doctors without Borders has concluded its diphtheria emergency intervention in Kano State with a mass vaccination campaign conducted in collaboration with the Kano State Ministry of Health (MoH), marking the end of three years of support during one of Nigeria’s largest recorded diphtheria...

Nigeria: MSF and Borno State Ministry of Health vaccinated 350,000 children against diphtheria in Maiduguri

April 17, 2026

Maiduguri, Nigeria – 16 April 2026: The humanitarian medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and the Borno State Ministry of Health have successfully completed a vaccination campaign against diphtheria targeting children until 14 years old in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC)...

Nigeria: MSF strengthens diphtheria intervention amid surge in suspected cases

November 24, 2025

Abuja, Nigeria- 24 November 2025: Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), in collaboration with several state Ministries of Health (MOH), has been scaling up its emergency response for the last few months due to a growing increase in suspected diphtheria...