Government to dose 24mn children with Vitamin A in single push: state minister
Dhaka, June 25 -- The government has finalised arrangements to feed Vitamin A plus capsules to 24 million children across Bangladesh in a single day.
State Minister for Health MA Muhit announced the plan on Thursday at a Secretariat media briefing detailing the national campaign scheduled for Jun 28.
According to him, health workers will administer the capsules from 8am to 4pm to all children aged between six and 59 months.
Infants aged six to 11 months will receive blue capsules, while children aged 12 to 59 months will be given the red variants.
Any child missed during the single-day drive can get the capsule at their nearest Upazila health complex the following day.
The government provides these doses twice a year, meaning a secon...
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