Nigerian State winning war against COVID-19 but losing children to Meningitis

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Nothing is as disturbing as when one’s little child wakes up from bed one morning and says “Mummy, I can’t hear you. I can’t hear my sisters too. It seems my ears are no longer working.” The palpable fear. Then begins the running from pillar to post.

That was the situation Hafsatu, a 27-year-old mother of six children, found herself in August 2022 when Farida, her eight-year-old daughter, woke up with a hearing loss. It was totally unbelievable.