Cross River Government calls for protection of children's health, reports deworming exercise
To prevent Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), the Cross River State Government has released a statewide deworming exercise.
The exercise aims to prevent soil-transmitted helminths, a disorder that affects minors between the ages of five and 14.
The preventive measure, according to the government, is the administration of mebendazole.
Giving an overview of soil transmitted helminthic disorder in Cross River, Chief Executive Officer of Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Janet Ekpenyong defined the disease as endemic in about nine neighboring state authority areas.
"Today we are here for deworming and that's because it's a big deal for us, despite what a baby eats as soon as there's an insect they start showing up , and the child will begin to look for the malnourished.
“Globally, approximately 1.4 billion people suffer from soil-transmitted helminths and approximately 9 district government areas are endemic with the disease. This is why we introduce the deworming exercise. We hope to be able to reach eight,000 children. With mebendazole, we are reaching children aged 5 to 14 across the country.
"I encourage caregivers and parents to take advantage of this exercise and take them to health centers to deworm them. We don't want to see our children afflicted with these diseases anymore. As a government, Cross River Country is dedicated to ensuring the future health of the country's children.
Nkanu Nkanu, the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) man or woman in the Calabar South Ward Government, said: "We will ensure that every eligible child in Calabar South is dewormed with albendazole ."
A mother, Mrs Rosslyn Bassey Inyang, said that mothers should allow their children to be dewormed.
"I am happy that the children here get proper treatment, allow mothers to take care of what the children eat, avoid rotten foods and foods. Some mothers, due to spiritual ideals, say that children should no longer be dewormed, but let them allow their children to be dewormed,” she said.
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To prevent Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), the Cross River State Government has released a statewide deworming exercise.
The exercise aims to prevent soil-transmitted helminths, a disorder that affects minors between the ages of five and 14.
The preventive measure, according to the government, is the administration of mebendazole.
Giving an overview of soil transmitted helminthic disorder in Cross River, Chief Executive Officer of Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Janet Ekpenyong defined the disease as endemic in about nine neighboring state authority areas.
"Today we are here for deworming and that's because it's a big deal for us, despite what a baby eats as soon as there's an insect they start showing up , and the child will begin to look for the malnourished.
“Globally, approximately 1.4 billion people suffer from soil-transmitted helminths and approximately 9 district government areas are endemic with the disease. This is why we introduce the deworming exercise. We hope to be able to reach eight,000 children. With mebendazole, we are reaching children aged 5 to 14 across the country.
"I encourage caregivers and parents to take advantage of this exercise and take them to health centers to deworm them. We don't want to see our children afflicted with these diseases anymore. As a government, Cross River Country is dedicated to ensuring the future health of the country's children.
Nkanu Nkanu, the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) man or woman in the Calabar South Ward Government, said: "We will ensure that every eligible child in Calabar South is dewormed with albendazole ."
A mother, Mrs Rosslyn Bassey Inyang, said that mothers should allow their children to be dewormed.
"I am happy that the children here get proper treatment, allow mothers to take care of what the children eat, avoid rotten foods and foods. Some mothers, due to spiritual ideals, say that children should no longer be dewormed, but let them allow their children to be dewormed,” she said.
To prevent Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), the Cross River State Government has released a statewide deworming exercise.
The exercise aims to prevent soil-transmitted helminths, a disorder that affects minors between the ages of five and 14.
The preventive measure, according to the government, is the administration of mebendazole.
Giving an overview of soil transmitted helminthic disorder in Cross River, Chief Executive Officer of Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Janet Ekpenyong defined the disease as endemic in about nine neighboring state authority areas.
"Today we are here for deworming and that's because it's a big deal for us, despite what a baby eats as soon as there's an insect they start showing up , and the child will begin to look for the malnourished.
“Globally, approximately 1.4 billion people suffer from soil-transmitted helminths and approximately 9 district government areas are endemic with the disease. This is why we introduce the deworming exercise. We hope to be able to reach eight,000 children. With mebendazole, we are reaching children aged 5 to 14 across the country.
"I encourage caregivers and parents to take advantage of this exercise and take them to health centers to deworm them. We don't want to see our children afflicted with these diseases anymore. As a government, Cross River Country is dedicated to ensuring the future health of the country's children.
Nkanu Nkanu, the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) man or woman in the Calabar South Ward Government, said: "We will ensure that every eligible child in Calabar South is dewormed with albendazole ."
A mother, Mrs Rosslyn Bassey Inyang, said that mothers should allow their children to be dewormed.
"I am happy that the children here get proper treatment, allow mothers to take care of what the children eat, avoid rotten foods and foods. Some mothers, due to spiritual ideals, say that children should no longer be dewormed, but let them allow their children to be dewormed,” she said.
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