RANGPUR, Jan 08, 2020 (BSS) – Rangpur City Corporation (RpCC) has completed all preparations to administer over 1.26-lakh babies under-five with Vitamin A Plus capsules in the National Vitamin A Plus Campaign (first round)-2020 on Saturday next.
Mayor of Rangpur Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa disclosed this at a press
conference at RpCC conference room today while elaborating the preparations
on making the National Vitamin A Plus Campaign a success .
The campaign will be carried out under the auspices of the Public Health
and Nutrition Institute and National Nutrition Services under the Ministry of
Health and Family Welfare with UNICEF assistance.
Mayor Mostafa said 634 volunteers under supervision of 75 supervisors and
eight satellite monitoring teams will provide Vitamin A Plus Capsules at 295
outreach centres in all 33 wards of the city from 8 am to 5 pm on Saturday.
With Chief Executive Officer of RpCC . Ruhul Amin Mian in the chair, its
Secretary Rashedul Islam, Chief Health Officer Dr. Kamruzzaman Ibne Taz and
Health Inspector Abdul Kaiyum attended the event.
Dr. Kamruzzaman discussed the basic objective of Vitamin A supplementation
for the under-five babies to prevent mal-nutritional blindness, especially
night blindness, corneal lesion and increase their immune system.
Around 19,283 babies (6-11 months) and one lakh seven thousand and 66
babies (12-59 months) will be administered with one dose of one lakh unit
Vitamin A Plus Blue capsule and one dose of two lakh unit of Vitamin A Red
capsule each respectively.
“We have taken adequate steps to ensure administering of Vitamin A capsules
to the under-five babies also at bus stands, rail stations and other places
in the city,” Mostafa added.