Two cr children fed vitamin A capsules

29 May 2010, 18:00 PM

Staff Correspondent

A child takes a vitamin A capsule at Japan-Bangladesh Friendship Hospital centre in the city during the National Vitamin A Plus Campaign yesterday.Photo: STAR

Around two crore children aged between one and five years were fed vitamin A capsules during the National Vitamin A Plus Campaign across the country yesterday. Around seven lakh volunteers, Extended Programme on Immunisation (EPI) workers, health and family planning workers worked at 1,40,000 centres to make the programme a success. Around 1 crore and 70 lakh children aged between two and five years were also given deworming tablets. Health Minister Prof AFM Ruhal Haque formally launched the campaign on Friday. The Institute of Public Health and Nutrition under the ministry of Health and Family Welfare in collaboration with the EPI conducted the campaign. The Unicef, the Micronutrient Initiative and the World Health Organisation (WHO) supported the programme.