The Neglected Tropical Disease Unit in the Cross River State Ministry of Health, in collaboration with Evidence Action, a non-governmental organisation, is targeting 886,292 children for the 2024 school deworming in the state.

The annual comprehensive statewide, school based deworming exercise began on April 24 and would be concluded on April 30. The exercise will be implemented by NTD in partnership with the state Ministry of Education, the state Universal Basic Education Board and the State Primary Healthcare Development Agency.

A total of 623,828 school age children will be targeted to receive mebendazole tablets for the preventive treatment of soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH), 173,000 will be targeted for SCH treatment and about 1,000 trained health workers will administer the tablets in 2,000 schools across 14 local government areas.

Briefing journalists on the exercise on Wednesday in Calabar, Veronica Mark, Cross River’s NTD coordinator, said the diseases were common in children.

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