National Vitamin ‘A’ campaign to be conducted on April 18 and 19

KATHMANDU: The Nationwide Vitamin ‘A’ program for children is being held on April 18 and 19.

Under the campaign, Vitamin ‘A’ capsules will be administered to children aged six months to 59 months and anti-worming tablets to children aged one to five years.

Head of the Nutrition Branch of the Ministry of Health and Population, Department of Health Services, Leela Bikram Thapa, shared that Vitamin A will be given to about 3.2 million children and anti-worming tablets to about 2.9 million children.

The government has been organising a Vitamin ‘A’ administration campaign since 2050 BS.

A total of 52,000 female community health volunteers and 10,000 health workers are being deployed for the National Vitamin A program.