Chittagong Bureau :
Over 13 lakh children aged below five years of old will be administered vitamin ‘A’ Plus capsules on Saturday in the city and in district. The campaign begins at 8am and continued till 4 pm on the occasion of National Vitamin ‘A’ Plus Campaign-17. Civil surgeon Dr Mohammad Azizur Rahman Siddique disclosed at press conference held at Civil Surgeon office yesterday. .
City Mayor A J M Nasir Uddin formally inaugurate the programmes at Mostafa Hakim Matrisadan Hospital in city’s Uttor Kattali, under Pahartali thana in city , CCC officials said. Over 500 supervisors including ward Commissioners of CCC oversee the campaign. Civil surgeon office and CCC will jointly administer vitamin ‘A’ Plus capsules to the children.Civil surgeon office will feed vitamin ‘A’ plus capsules to seven lakh 53 thousand 738 while CCC administers over five lakh children.
A total of 4,861 temporary vaccination centers be set up by Chittagong Civil Surgeon office and CCC set up 1,248 temporary centers in 41 wards to carry out the program. Over 20,000 volunteers and health workers will engage for feeding vitamin ‘A’ Plus capsules to the children aged from zero to 5 years. CCC officials said several mobile teams consisting of 278 members in port city and 500 members in the district engaged to feed oral vaccines to the children at rail, bus and steamer stations as well as other places.
Over 13 lakh children aged below five years of old will be administered vitamin ‘A’ Plus capsules on Saturday in the city and in district. The campaign begins at 8am and continued till 4 pm on the occasion of National Vitamin ‘A’ Plus Campaign-17. Civil surgeon Dr Mohammad Azizur Rahman Siddique disclosed at press conference held at Civil Surgeon office yesterday. .
City Mayor A J M Nasir Uddin formally inaugurate the programmes at Mostafa Hakim Matrisadan Hospital in city’s Uttor Kattali, under Pahartali thana in city , CCC officials said. Over 500 supervisors including ward Commissioners of CCC oversee the campaign. Civil surgeon office and CCC will jointly administer vitamin ‘A’ Plus capsules to the children.Civil surgeon office will feed vitamin ‘A’ plus capsules to seven lakh 53 thousand 738 while CCC administers over five lakh children.
A total of 4,861 temporary vaccination centers be set up by Chittagong Civil Surgeon office and CCC set up 1,248 temporary centers in 41 wards to carry out the program. Over 20,000 volunteers and health workers will engage for feeding vitamin ‘A’ Plus capsules to the children aged from zero to 5 years. CCC officials said several mobile teams consisting of 278 members in port city and 500 members in the district engaged to feed oral vaccines to the children at rail, bus and steamer stations as well as other places.
