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VITAMIN A-CAMPAIGN-NARSINGDI
Call to make vitamin ‘A’ plus campaign successful
NARSINGDI, Jan 9, 2019 (BSS) – Health experts here today underscored the
need for making the National Vitamin A plus Campaign (second round-2018)
scheduled to be observed on January 19 a total success.
They were addressing a district level advocacy and planning meeting to
make the National vitamin ‘A’ plus campaign 2018 (second round) successful.
Civil surgeon office organised the meeting at Deputy Commissioner’s
conference room in association with Institute of Public Health Nutrition
(IPHN) and National Nutrition Services.
Vitamin-A is crucial to preventing childhood blindness and reducing child
mortality.
During the keynote presentation Dr Abu Kawsar Soman, gave an overview of
the meeting and aspects of vitamin-A plus campaign. He said a total of
3,50,205 children, of them 35,231 children aged six to eleven months will be
administered a blue coloured vitamin A capsule while 3,14,974 children aged
12 months to 59 months will be fed a red colourd vitamin A capsule in 1,811
centers in the district.
Deputy Commissioner of Narsingdi Syeda Farhana Kawnine addressed the
meeting as the chief guest with Civil Surgeon Dr. Mohammed Helel Uddin in the
chair.
Additional Deputy Commissioner (general) Abdul Awal and Additional
Police Super Jakir Hossain were present in the meeting as special guests.
High officials of district administration and civil surgeon office and
government and non-government officials and others concerned spoke at the
meeting.
BSS/CORR/ARS/1724 hrs