Parents from Machakos County have been advised to deworm their children so as to protect them from getting infected with worms leading to other more infections resulting to serious diseases.
Adressing press in Mlolongo town on Saturday, Dr. Joyce Mbula, founder of Hifadhi Silha Medical Centre based in Kitengela town said most parents were ignorant on need to deworm their children.
"Machakos parents should stop being ignorant and instead give their children dewormers to prevent them from being infected by worms that expose them to various diseases," said Dr. Mbula.
Dr. Mbula said even though some parents had shown interests in giving their children dewormers, they were not consistent hence lack of drug adhearance.
She said dewormer drugs should be administered to children four times a year after every three months so as to keep them healthy and free from stomach and other related illnesses.
The medic however noted that parents themselves as adults from the region had ignored deworming themselves with nortion that dewormers only belong to children.
Dr. Mbula said there was need to sensitize Machakos communities on need to embrace deworming among children and adults to prevent infections from worms and related diseases.
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