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Media role sought to make Vitamin A Campaign successful
RANGPUR, Dec 19, 2017 (BSS) – Health officials here today
urged media to play an important role aiming to make ‘the
National Vitamin A Plus Campaign (Second Phase) 23 December-
2017’ a success.
They come up with the call at a press conference organised by
Rangpur City Corporation (RpCC) at its conference room.
The campaign will be conducted under the auspices of the
Public Health and Nutrition Institute (PHNI) and National
Nutrition Services (NNS) of the Health and Family Planning
Ministry.
RpCC Chief Executive Officer Akhter Hossain Azad read out a
written statement, citing various statistics and steps taken
to provide Vitamin A Plus capsule to every under-five baby of
the city.
“A total of 630 supervisors and volunteers will provide
Vitamin A capsules to over 1.28 lakh under-five children at
297 outreach centres in all wards of the city on December 23
next,” he said.
Of them, 20,300 children aged between 6 and 11 months will
get one dose of one lakh unit Vitamin A Blue capsule and over
1.08-lakh babies aged between 12 and 59 months will get one
dose of two lakh unit Vitamin A Red capsule, he said.
RpCC Chief Health Officer Dr Kamruzzaman Ibne Taz said
Vitamin A Plus capsule has no side effect, calling upon
parents not to become afraid and contact health officials if
their babies would show vomiting tendency after taking the
capsules.
“Supplementation of Vitamin A reduces 30 percent measles-
related and 33 percent diarrhoea-related death risks of the
under-five babies,” Dr Taz added.
Akhter Hossain Azad urged journalists to play their vital
role in creating social awareness to make the campaign a
success for increasing disease resistant capacities of the
babies to prevent various diseases.
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