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Objective: The objective of this study was to identify the factors associated with the outcome of the 2023 diphtheria outbreak in Jigawa State, Nigeria. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted amongst all line-listed diphtheria cases reported from Jigawa State, Nigeria, using the 2023 Integrated Disease and Surveillance Response line list of cases that met the World Health Organization case definition of diphtheria. A total of 245 line-listed cases from January 2023 to December 2023 met the criteria for inclusion in the study. Data were analysed using IBM SPSS version 22.0 with a P value set at ≤5%. Binary logistic regression was used to identify the independent predictors of the outcome of the 2023 outbreak. Results: The maximum age of the line-listed cases was 39 years, and the minimum was 1 year with a median of 8 (interquartile range = 5–8) years. More than two-thirds (68.2%) of the cases were ≥5 years of age. More than one-third of the cases (39.6%) were from the northeast senatorial zone of the state. Out of the total 245 cases, 14 died of the disease representing a case fatality rate of 6%, and an attack rate of 3.4 per 100,000 populations. The majority of the cases (95.5%) had fever, cough (81.2%), pharyngitis (86.9%), tonsillitis (96.7%) and laryngitis (82.0%). More diphtheria-related mortalities were recorded amongst cases

The radiation dose that the patient receives during the radiological examination is crucial for preventing exposure concerns; research is being done to acquire effective doses for common diagnostic radiographic examinations at specialist hospitals. Gombe, the entrance surface dose and effectual dose received by patients undergoing diagnostic X-ray examinations were directly estimated by the research. Measuring parameters included x-ray dose output, backscatter factor, focus to skin distance, as well as physical parameters like and in mathematical model. The study's findings indicated that for the chest (PA, AP), abdomen (AP), and cranium (AP, lateral), the mean entrance surface doses and effectual doses obtained are 0.2432mGy, 0.2857mGy, 0.6331mGy, 0.7553mGy, 0.3220mGy, 0.0121mGy, 0.0142mSv, 0.07597mSv, 0.00755mSv and 0.00322mSv, respectively. It was found that the doses received by patient in Gombe Specialist Hospital does not exceed the international standard as given by WHO. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]