The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with the Kaduna State Government has organised a five-day health camp to tackle malnutrition issues among children in Igabi local government area of the state.
The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund in collaboration with the Kaduna State Government has organised a five-day health camp to tackle malnutrition issues among children in Igabi local government area of the state.
The health camp offers a range of critical services, including nutrition counseling, immunisations, Mid Upper Arm Circumference screening, Vitamin A supplementation, Tuberculosis screening, and Human Immunodeficiency Virus screening, among others. She said the outreach was put together to further improve the health and nutrition status of children and women in the local government.
He also commended UNICEF, the Kaduna State Government and partners for the intervention, and appealed for the sustenance of the programme, while assuring that the community will maintain hygienic environment.
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