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Na Bill Gates cause diphtheria for Nigeria?

Claire Mom
By Claire Mom Published July 12, 2023 5 Min Read
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Warning: Dis tori get some kain foto wey fit make cold catch you.

If you be Naija pesin wey dey read news, you fit don read or hear about diphtheria for Nigeria.

Diphtheria na bacterial infection wey dey kill. Na di corynebacterium species dey cause am, and e dey affect di nose, throat, and sometimes, pesin skin.

Some of di symptoms of diphtheria na fever, runny nose, sore throat, cough, red eyes, neck swelling, and difficulty to breathe.

To control di infection, di Nigeria childhood immunisation schedule advise sey make children dey take three doses of pentavalent vaccine (vaccine wey get diphtheria toxoide) in dia 6th, 10th and 14th week.

Even as di federal govment don step up efforts to fight di sickness through di Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), many pipu still dey tok sey Bill Gates, co-chair of di Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, get hand for why di disease dey Nigeria.

In June, Gates bin visit Nigeria to discuss global health and development with different stakeholders. Im start im visit for Abuja, where im meet President Bola Tinubu, come still travel go Niger Republic before im enta Lagos to attend one youth event.

On July 3, after Gates go back US, di Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) announce sey diphtheria don enta Abuja afta one result comot positive from some samples wey dem bin cari go check from some suspected cases inside one village near Dei-Dei area.

Sadiq Abdulrahman, di FCT director of di public health department, tok sey di four-year-old wey bin test positive kpai sake of the di disease.

Since Gates just visit Nigeria, many pipu come join di news of di disease to di visit of di philanthropist and di pesin wey start Microsoft.

TheCable find some comments for social media wey Nigerians take join di disease with Gates.

So that's what bill gates bring come Nigeria be this?

— Kelvin John (@Kelvinrickjay) July 5, 2023

Bill Gates just vissited Abuja, suddenly we have out break Diphtheria.

— Ifediba (@Ifediba5) July 4, 2023

BREAKING: There is a confirmed outbreak of diphtheria in Abuja, Nigeria. It has already claimed the life of a 4-year-old boy out of the 8 reported cases. Here's what you need to know this serious disease and what to do. Read and share for others. pic.twitter.com/rOuhr4x5qi

— First Doctor (@FirstDoctor) July 4, 2023

Diphtheria is a serious disease caused by a bacteria 🦠 known as Corynebacterium diphtheria.

It mostly affects the nose, tonsils, voice box and throat, making it difficult to breathe or swallow. pic.twitter.com/El7SEf9bl0

— First Doctor (@FirstDoctor) July 4, 2023

Nigerian Agency, NCDC Confirms 80 Deaths From 789 Diphtheria Cases In Lagos, Kano, Six Other States | Sahara Reporters https://t.co/dvwyWfrEQZ pic.twitter.com/GqDhGTFGA1

— Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) July 6, 2023

Di mata no dey surprising especially as dem don accuse Gates before sey im create di COVID pandemic so dat im go fit control people come make plenti profits.

But di journi wey cari Gates come Nigeria get any connection wit di recent diphtheria wey enta kontri?

To ansa di question, we cari eye look di tins wey don hapun before.

NO BI TODAY DIPHTHERIA ENTA NIGERIA 

E don tey wey diphtheria enta Nigeria. Abuja no bi di first place for di kontri wey di disease start.

Twelve years ago, between February and November 2011, dem bin report one diphtheria case for Kimba village inside Borno and some oda communities. Out of di 98 cases wey dem report as di disease cast, 21 pipu die. At dat time, NCDC bin tok sey dey disease spread come dey kill pipu because vaccine no reach plenti places and dem bin no quick discova di mata for hospital.

 

In December 2022, NCDC notice sey diphtheria enta Kano and Lagos states. Oda states like Katsina, Cross River, Kaduna, Osun and, FCT, wey neva tey, don follow report case.

📜

Since December 2022, we have reported multiple #diphtheria outbreaks in different states across the country.

Despite the availability of a safe and cost-effective vaccine in the country, the majority of confirmed cases were unvaccinated

🔗Read our statement following the… pic.twitter.com/pVxgmOSw5f

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 6, 2023

Between December last year and June 30, di amount of diphtheria cases don reach 798 wit 80 deaths from 33 LGAs inside eight states. Abuja only get one case and one death.

FINAL TOK

Di claim wey tok sey na Gates cause di most recent diphtheria case no correct.

Nigeria bin record some diphtheria cases for Borno twelve years ago, and e neva tey wey dem announce some cases for some states six months before Gates land Naija. Di claim wey dey evriwhere na anoda amebo tok wey dem don knack onto di head of di pesin wey start Microsoft.

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