Vitamin A Plus Campaign Kicks Off

The National Vitamin A plus Campaign began across the country on Sunday to feed Vitamin A capsules to children aged between six and 59 months.

The campaign will run until October 17, according to a document from the Institute of Public Health and Nutrition.

Kids between 6 and 12 months of age will be given blue capsules, while those between 1 and 5 years of age will be given red capsules.

Surgical masks have been given to the workers participating in the initiative, and they will have to obey all the hygiene guidelines in order to remain healthy from coronavirus.

Besides, health workers and volunteers will be under regular Covid-19 screening, the Institute of Public Health and Nutrition said.

According to the usual EPI (Expanded Programme on Immunisation) schedule, EPI activities are conducted in eight sub-blocks of each ward on two days of six working days of the week.

Vitamin A capsules will be given to children in the remaining four days without interrupting two days of immunisation programme, the handout said.