Guinea: Resurgence of a Long-Forgotten Disease in West Africa
January 17, 2024
January 17, 2024
NEW YORK, Jan. 17 -- The Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres issued the following news:
* * *
MSF is responding to the diphtheria outbreak in West Africa--the worst wave of the life-threatening disease ever recorded on the continent.
* * *
In recent months, countries across West Africa have been battling diphtheria on an unprecedented scale. The first cases were diagnosed in August 2022 in Niger, before the disease spread to Algeri . . .
* * *
MSF is responding to the diphtheria outbreak in West Africa--the worst wave of the life-threatening disease ever recorded on the continent.
* * *
In recent months, countries across West Africa have been battling diphtheria on an unprecedented scale. The first cases were diagnosed in August 2022 in Niger, before the disease spread to Algeri . . .