Nigeria, Nov. 21 -- Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), a medical humanitarian organisation, said it has intensified its diphtheria response in Borno, Kano and Bauchi States following a rise in suspected cases that has stretched treatment centres and exposed longstanding gaps in vaccination coverage.

In a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES on Friday, MSF said it has been scaling up its emergency intervention since August after Disease Surveillance and Notification Officers reported hundreds of suspected infections across the three states.

Health workers in the affected states say the situation has placed additional pressure on centres already struggling with limited supplies, staff shortages and delays in accessing lifesaving diphtheria antito...