KHULNA, Jan 12, 2020 (BSS) – National Vitamin-A plus Campaign was observed in the city as elsewhere in the district here on Saturday(Yesterday) with basic objective to reduce the risk of child mortality, save them from blindness and develop immune system of the children.
Officials in the Civil Surgeon Office and Khulna City Corporation (KCC)
said the National Vitamin A Plus Campaign (first round)-2020 was conducted successfully in all 68 unions under nine upazilas, two municipalities in the district.
The campaign conducted under the auspices of the Public Health
and Nutrition Institute and National Nutrition Services under the Ministry of Health and Family Planning with UNICEF assistances.
Mayor of Khulna City Corporation Talukder Abdul Khaleque inaugurated the National Vitamin A plus campaign at Surjer Hasi Clinic in the city as chief guest while Councilor Md. Moniruzzaman in the chair.
Panel Mayor Md. Ali Akbar Tipu, Councilor Munshi Abdul Wadud, Deputy Director of Family Planning Department Md. Abdul Alim, , Deputy Civil Surgeon Dr. Md Saidul Islam, among others were present in the events.
The campaign has been carried out at 710 centres and 80 mobile ones and 1,420 volunteers were deputed for successful completion of the
campaign in all 31 wards of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) area, said KCC chief Health officer Dr. AKM Abdullah.
Deputy Civil Surgeon (CS) Dr. Md. Saidul Islam said “We had set a target to feed around 2,71,341 babies with vitamin ‘A’ plus capsules during the campaign,” he said adding that around 31,643 children aged between six months and 11 months were given blue-coloured capsule of high powered Vitamin A while 2,39,698 children aged between one year and five red-coloured capsule of high-powered Vitamin A in the district.
Meanwhile, Deputy CS Dr. Saidul told that the campaign was
carried out in 1,641 centres under in all nine upazila including two Metropolitan area of the district.