The low vaccination coverage against diphtheria in Nigeria has increased the vulnerability of a significant number of children to the respiratory illness caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheria, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has said raising an alarm over poor vaccine uptake across the country. The NPHCDA said lagging vaccination rates among
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