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Nigeria: 1.2 million Kogi children receive SMC drugs in 2023 — Malaria consortium

Nigeria: 1.2 million Kogi children receive SMC drugs in 2023 — Malaria consortium

Africa Links 24 with Yekini Jimoh
Published on 2024-08-10 11:20:21

The Kogi State Project Manager, Malaria Consortium, Kenneth Maduka has said that no fewer than 1.2 million children of age 3 to 59 months were administered with the Seasonal Malaria Chemotherapy (SMC) drugs in Kogi in 2023.

He disclosed this at ‘SMC 2024 Media parley’ organised by the organisation in collaboration with Kogi State Ministry of Health, on Friday in Lokoja.

According to him, SMC is a combination of two antimalarial drugs: Sulphadoxine Pyrimethamine and Amiodiaquine…

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