The Department of Health in Makueni County, in conjunction with the World Health Organization (WHO), targets to treat over one million residents against worms and bilharzia from June 8th to June 11th, 2023.
Area Health Executive Committee Member Dr. Paul Musila said they intend to reach out to 1,076,686 residents aged from one year upwards.
“This exercise will be conducted in all our health facilities, schools, homes, markets, churches, and mosques across the county by community drug distributors (health promoters),” said Musila while speaking to KNA in his Wote town office on Monday.
“The deworming will be done for people aged one year and above, while bilharzia drugs will be administered to people aged 5 years and above,” he added.
He explained that soil helminths (worms) contribute to rising cases of anemia in the county, while bilharzia is linked to chronic liver diseases.
Saying the exercise would be free of charge, the CEC appealed to the local community to come out in large numbers to make it a success.
He said the deworming was also taking place in Machakos, Kitui, Meru and Tharaka Nithi counties.
