Vitamin ‘A’ plus campaign covers 91,633 babies

National vitamin ‘A’ plus campaign will be held in three upazilas of Narail district on Saturday (11 January).

A total of 91,633 children of 6 months to 5 years age group will be feed vitamin A plus capsule in Sadar, Lohagara and Kalia upazilas of the district.

In the occasion, a press briefing was held at civil surgeon conference room yesterday at 10:30 am.

Civil surgeon Dr. Nupur Kanti Das presided over the meeting while Dr Anindita Ghos, Dr. Shafiq Tamal, Narail Press Club president Enamul Kabir Tuku, former vice-president Sultan Mahmood, health department official Mollah Forkan Ali, district EPI superintendent Haradhan Chandra Majumder among others present on the occasion.

The Civil Surgeon delivered welcome speech narrating about the importance of providing Vitamin A Plus Capsule to every under five baby to prevent various diseases for healthier growth.

Vitamin A Plus Capsule has no side effect and asked the parents not to become afraid and contact the health officials concerned if their babies would show vomiting tendency after taking the capsule. The campaign opened at selected centres at 8:00 am to 4:00 pm and also the bus stands and floating places to bring all children under the programme.

 

Vitamin A plus campaign covers 91,633 babies

National vitamin A plus campaign will be held in three upazilas of Narail district on Saturday (11 January). A total of 91,633 children of 6 months to 5 years age group will be feed vitamin A plus capsule in Sadar, Lohagara and Kalia upazilas of the district. In the occasion, a press briefing was held at civil surgeon conference room yesterday at 10:30 am. Civil surgeon Dr. Nupur Kanti Das presided over the meeting while Dr Anindita Ghos, Dr. Shafiq Tamal, Narail Press Club president Enamul Kabir Tuku, former vice-president Sultan Mahmood, health department official Mollah Forkan Ali, district EPI superintendent Haradhan Chandra Majumder among others present on the occasion. The Civil Surgeon delivered welcome speech narrating about the importance of providing Vitamin A Plus Capsule to every under five baby to prevent various diseases for healthier growth. Vitamin A Plus Capsule has no side effect and asked the parents not to become afraid and contact the health officials concerned if their babies would show vomiting tendency after taking the capsule. The campaign opened at selected centres at 8:00 am to 4:00 pm and also the bus stands and floating places to bring all children under the programme.