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Kano to resume malaria prevention exercise

The Kano State Government will resume the 2026 Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) programme on Wednesday, August 12, following a comprehensive review of its processes, documentation and personnel arrangements. Dr Usman Bashir, Chairman of the committee set up to review the programme and Director-General of the State Agency for the Control of AIDS (SACA), disclosed this […]

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