Lagos to deworm 1.4 million children across 10 local councils

Senior Manager, Evidence Action, Maryann Edeh, said since 2021, Evidence Action, which is partnering with Lagos State on the deworming exercise, has provided technical assistance to the federal and Lagos State governments to implement school-based deworming exercise and in 2023, it supported the delivery of approximately 1.3 million treatments to both public and private schools and communities in Lagos.

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