A total of 623,828 school-aged children to receive mebendazole tablets for preventive treatment of soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH). The Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) Unit in Cross River’s Ministry of Health, in collaboration with Evidence Action, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), is targeting 886,292 children for the 2024 School deworming exercise in the state.The annual comprehensive state-wide, school-based deworming exercise began on Wednesday, April 24, and would be concluded on Tuesday, April 30. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the exercise will be implemented b…