{
  "id": 4783181,
  "title": "Nigeria: Katsina Vaccinates 150,346 Children Against Diphtheria",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/nigeria-katsina-vaccinates-150-346-children-against-diphtheria",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-01T04:15:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AllAfrica Health",
    "slug": "allafrica-health",
    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202609010045.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nigeria's Katsina State has successfully vaccinated 150,346 individuals against diphtheria and tetanus within a five-day period, according to a statement from the state's Chief Press Secretary. The emergency vaccination campaign, which took place in 15 high-risk wards across five local government areas, targeted 99,036 people aged five to 15 and 51,310 children for the Tetanus-Diphtheria (Td) vaccine, as well as the Pentavalent vaccine for 114,570 children aged six months to five years. The campaign also aimed to secure additional doses of diphtheria-containing vaccines to expand the initiative to other affected and high-risk communities.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}