AMIDST a surge in cases of diphtheria in Nigeria, experts have called for a closer look at Nigeria’s vaccination programme to rule out vaccination failure from poor vaccines, health system failures and vaccination hesitancy against DPT, a class of combination vaccines against three infectious diseases in humans: diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus in Nigeria.
Dr Hannah Dada-Adegbola, a consultant medical microbiologist at the University College Hospital, Ibadan stated diphtheria is not a new disease and for a long time, doctors had stopped worrying about it because there are effective treatments and vaccines to prevent the disease.
