{"id":160496,"date":"2025-04-26T22:58:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T21:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/5-children-die-of-measles-in-kaduna-community"},"modified":"2025-04-28T18:55:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T17:55:59","slug":"5-children-die-of-measles-in-kaduna-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/5-children-die-of-measles-in-kaduna-community","title":{"rendered":"5 children die of measles in Kaduna community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A measles outbreak has killed five children in Unguwar Kanawa community in Tankarau, Dutsen Abba, Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State.<\/p>\n<p>The village head of Unguwar Kanawa, Nasiru Yunusa, who confirmed the deaths, said two children from the same family died seven days ago.<\/p>\n<p>He attributed the deaths to the community\u2019s initial reluctance towards vaccination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo-thirds of our people didn\u2019t like vaccinating their children due to misconceptions. But now, many are changing their attitude because of the sickness and deaths we are witnessing,\u201d Yunusa said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, there are other sick children confirmed to have measles within the community.<\/p>\n<p>He said most of these children were from households where parents refused to have them immunised.<\/p>\n<p>He also lamented the lack of healthcare facilities in the area, noting that the nearest Primary Health Centre is about seven kilometres away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWomen now deliver at home because there\u2019s no clinic here. We are appealing to the government to provide a health clinic for us,\u201d he pleaded.<\/p>\n<p>Saude Safiyanu, a housewife in the community, also recounted her tragedy, having lost four of her children to preventable illnesses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A measles outbreak has killed five children in Unguwar Kanawa community in Tankarau, Dutsen Abba, Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The village head of Unguwar Kanawa, Nasiru Yunusa, who confirmed the deaths, said two children from the same family died seven days ago. He attributed the deaths to the community\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":160495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[96,254],"class_list":["post-160496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-kaduna","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>5 children die of measles in Kaduna community - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A measles outbreak has killed five children in Unguwar Kanawa community in Tankarau, Dutsen Abba, Zaria Local Government ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/5-children-die-of-measles-in-kaduna-community\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"5 children die of measles in Kaduna community\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A measles outbreak has killed five children in Unguwar Kanawa community in Tankarau, Dutsen Abba, Zaria Local Government ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/5-children-die-of-measles-in-kaduna-community\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-26T21:58:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-28T17:55:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/sm_1745698891.131916.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/5-children-die-of-measles-in-kaduna-community#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/5-children-die-of-measles-in-kaduna-community\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"5 children die of measles in Kaduna community\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-26T21:58:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-28T17:55:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/5-children-die-of-measles-in-kaduna-community\"},\"wordCount\":207,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/5-children-die-of-measles-in-kaduna-community#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/sm_1745698891.131916.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kaduna\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/5-children-die-of-measles-in-kaduna-community#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/5-children-die-of-measles-in-kaduna-community\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/5-children-die-of-measles-in-kaduna-community\",\"name\":\"5 children die of measles in Kaduna community - 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