Dhaka, June 21 -- A nationwide Vitamin A supplementation campaign has been scheduled to begin on Jun 28, with more than 23.5 million children aged between 6 and 59 months expected to receive capsules.

Dr Md Yunus Ali, director of the Institute of Public Health Nutrition (IPHN), said the campaign will be inaugurated by the health minister at Bangladesh Shishu Hospital and Institute in Dhaka's Shyamoli.

He said more than 23.5 million children will be covered under the initiative.

Of them, over 2.83 million children aged 6 to 11 months will receive blue capsules, while around 20.5 million children aged 12 to 59 months will be given red capsules.

According to Yunus, the first shipment of four million blue capsules arrived on Jun 11, follo...