National vitamin ‘A’ plus campaign will be held in three upazilas of Narail district on Saturday (11 December) which will continue 14 December (Tuesday).
A total of 97,585 children of 6 months to 5 years age group will be feed vitamin A plus capsule in Sadar, Lohagora and Kalia upazilas of the district. In the occasion, a press briefing was held at Civil surgeon conference room on Thursday at 11:30 am.
Civil surgeon Dr. Nasima Akter brief to the journalists in the meeting while Dr. Subroto Halder, district information officer Ibrahim Al Mamun, Narail Press Club president Enamul Kabir Tuku, secretary Shamimul Islam Tulu, former vice-president Sultan Mahmood, health department official Mollah Forkan Ali 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.
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CS in his concluding speech called upon the parents, teachers, public representatives, civil society members and media persons to make the upcoming National Vitamin A Plus Campaign successful. Dr Subroto Halder laid emphasis on providing Vitamin A Plus Capsule to every under- five baby to increase their disease resistant capacity for further reducing infant mortality rate and preventing night blindness.
