4.5 million children targeted as Zambia marks Child Health Week
Minister of Health Professor, Roma Chilengi, has launched the 2026 Child Health Week campaign in Lusaka, targeting more than 4.5 million children under the age of five across the country. During the week-long campaign, the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with cooperating partners, aims to reach 4,509,005 children under five with vitamin A supplementation, deworming, mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) screening, routine and catch-up immunisations, as well as routine human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for eligible nine-year-old girls. The launch, held in Lusaka on Monday, was attended…
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