November 2022: Ogun state begins school-based deworming effort

Nigeria’s Ogun state launched its biennial school-based deworming campaign on November 15, covering 4,223 public and private schools across 13 local government areas: Abeokuta North, Ewekoro, Ijebu East, Ijebu North, Ijebu North East, Ijebu Ode, Ikenne, Imeko-Afon, Ipokia, Odeda, Ogun Waterside, Remo North and Yewa North. Approximately 2,500 teachers, 1,067 community distributors and 400 health workers supported the effort to reach 1 million children—as well as 400,000 adults in the state’s endemic communities—with deworming tablets. Vanguard