Mozambique: Over A Million Children To Be Medicated Against Malaria in Nampula

Maputo, 30 Jan (AIM) – 1.2 million children aged between three and 59 months in the northern Mozambican province of Nampula will be covered by the seasonal malaria prevention campaign during the current rainy season.

The initiative was launched by the Minister of Health, Armindo Tiago, in the Administrative Post of Anchilo.

During the campaign, which will take place door-to-door, children will take two drugs orally, namely: sulfadioxine-pyrimethamine and amodiaquine, for three days.

“Even if the…