HEALTH

MSF Raises Alarm Over Diphtheria Drug Shortage

Daily Dispatch November 14, 2026

…. Says Thousands of Nigerian Children at Risk Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), otherwise known as Doctors Without Borders, has warned that shortages of life-saving diphtheria antitoxin and poor vaccination coverage are worsening Nigeria’s diphtheria outbreak, leaving thousands of children

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Noma: MSF Demands Primary Healthcare Integration as 40 Children Undergo Surgery in Sokoto

Daily Dispatch October 13, 2026

Forty children are set to undergo reconstructive surgery in Sokoto as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) renews its demand for the urgent integration of noma prevention, diagnosis and treatment into Nigeria’s primary healthcare system. The appeal came as the Sokoto State Ministry of Health’s Noma Hospital began its final surgical intervention for 2026, highlighting both the

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6.4m Nigerian Children Face Acute Malnutrition Crisis- FG Reveals

Daily Dispatch October 1, 2026

…MSF treats 425,634 in one year as FG, UN demand stronger health investment, prevention Nearly 6.4 million Nigerian children aged between zero and 59 months are suffering from acute malnutrition, including about two million cases of severe acute malnutrition, the Federal Government has disclosed, exposing the staggering scale of the country’s child nutrition crisis. The

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MSF Celebrates Three Decades of Saving Lives on Nigeria’s Humanitarian Frontline

Daily Dispatch October 1, 2026

Thirty years after Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) opened its humanitarian mission in Nigeria, the international medical organisation has marked three decades of reaching millions of people caught on the frontlines of disease outbreaks, displacement, emergencies and inadequate access to healthcare. MSF, which commenced operations in Nigeria in 1996, said its three-decade

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Hunger, Conflict, Disease Push Northern Nigeria Toward Humanitarian Breaking Point — MSF

Daily Dispatch May 13, 2026

International medical humanitarian organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières, has raised fresh alarm over what it described as a deepening humanitarian catastrophe in Nigeria, warning that worsening hunger, disease outbreaks and insecurity are driving thousands of vulnerable families — especially children — toward death and despair. In its 2025 Nigeria Country Report of

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Nigeria Scales Up Malaria Vaccination as MSF Warns of Deadly Link with Child Malnutrition

Daily Dispatch April 26, 2026

As Nigeria intensifies efforts to curb its malaria crisis, the Federal Government has expanded the rollout of malaria vaccines to more states, even as humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) raises concern over the growing toll of the disease among malnourished children. The Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency