Resurgence of epidemics in Zinder: effect of the decrease in vaccination coverage and the impacts of climate change.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Several epidemic outbreaks have affected the Zinder region. These include diseases targeted by the expanded immunization program and other emerging diseases. This study aimed to analyze these epidemics.

Methods

This is documentary research of the epidemics of meningitis, measles, cholera, COVID-19, and diphtheria, which occurred in the Zinder region from 2015 to 2023, as well as their determinants. The data collection is made from the linear list of notifiable diseases of the Regional Directorate of Health and Public Hygiene of Zinder, associated with literature review on the determinants of the appearance of these epidemics.

Results

The number of meningitis cases has gradually increased in Zinder from 2019 to 2024. A total of 5019 cases were registered dur

SUBMITTER: Mahamadou D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12686712 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature