Media role vital to make Vitamin A Campaign success
BSS, Rajshahi
Health officials at a journalists orientation meeting here yesterday sought responsive role of mass media for making the upcoming National Vitamin-A plus Campaign a total success.
Civil Surgeon Office organised the orientation at its conference hall ahead of the upcoming National Vitamin A Plus Campaign- 2020 to be held on January 11.
Civil Surgeon Dr Enamul Haque briefed the journalists detailing the preparations of the campaign while Deputy Civil Surgeon Kamrul Hassan and EPI Superintendent Nur Muhammad also spoke. The civil surgeon said one dose of one lakh unit Vitamin A Blue capsule will be administered among 28,612 babies aged between 6 and 11 months and one dose two lakh unit Vitamin A Red capsule will be administered among 2,60,008 babies aged between 12 and 59 months.
He said 5,262 volunteers, 282 family welfare assistants, 228 community health service providers and 172 health assistants will work at 1,754 centres including ten permanent ones in all nine upazilas of the district.
Dr Haque said the campaign will be carried out to reduce death risks of babies, save them from blindness, caused by Vitamin A and develop immune system of the children .
Another report adds from Rangpur: 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 yesterday 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.
