Philippines: 500,000 schoolkids receive Albendazole in Zamboanga
by Staff from Outbreak News Today on (#1NERD)
National School Deworming Day, a month-long deworming activity, done every January and July in the Philippines by the Department of Health is performed to decrease soil transmitted helminthiasis cases which causes weakness, decreased appetite, decreased IQ and anemia. In Zamboanga, or Region IX, health officials reported a total of 512,130 or 81.28% of school children in the region ["]
