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Nationwide Vitamin 'A' campaign from today


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2023 Apr 19, 15:52, Kathmandu
The vitamin A campaign starts. (Photo: Bidyash Dangol/NepalNews)

The national vitamin 'A' campaign for children begins today.

The campaign to administer vitamin A capsules to children is taking place across the country today and tomorrow, said the Director of the Family Welfare Division under the Ministry of Health and Population, Dr. Bivek Kumar Lal. The children will also receive deworming tablets along with vitamin A capsules.

The vitamin A capsules will be administered to children between six months to 59 months and deworming tablets to children aged one to five years.

The target is to reach out to around 2.7 million children for Vitamin A capsules and around 2.4 million children for deworming tablets. The government has been carrying out the national vitamin 'A' campaign since 2050 BS and is held twice in the months of Baisakh and Kartik of the Lunar calendar.

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