Staff Reporter, Kishoreganj :
Health Department organised an advocacy meeting on vitamin A Plus Campaign to be launched on December 10, 2016 at Sadar Upazila autidorium on Monday.
Upazila Health and Family Planning Officer Dr. Syed Monjurul Hoque presided over the advocacy meeting while Sadar Upazila Chairman Advocate Shariful Islam attended as chief guest.
UNO Abdullah Al-Masud and Deputy Director Social Service Md. Rabiul Islam attended as special guest.
It was addressed among others by Vice-chairman Masul Al-Mamun Khan, District Press Club President Mostafa Kamal, Chowdashata UP Chairman A.B Siddique Khoka, UNICEF Program Officer Saiful Islam.
BSS from Pirojpu reports: All preparations have been completed to make the National Vitamin “A” Plus Campaign-2016 successful in Jamalpur and Pirojpur districts.
A total of 3,20,837 children of 6 months to 5 years age group will be brought under vitamin-A capsule feeding programme in seven upazilas of Jamalpur district, said civil surgeon Dr. Moshaerul Islam Ratan yesterday.
Meanwhile, 1,782 centers have been set up across the district for administering vitamin-A capsule under the supervision of the district civil surgeon office. Of the total centers, 1,689 are permanent, 67 additional and 26 mobile centers. Vitamin A one of the most important micronutrients for the children survival, growth and vision, the civil surgeon said.
Besides, a total of 1,21389 children of 6 months to 5 years age group will be brought under vitamin-A capsule feeding programme in Pirojpur district, said civil surgeon Dr Fakrul Alam.
A total of 1,280 temporary centers, 8 permanent centers and 96 mobile centers have been set up in the district, the surgeon said.
BSS from Faridpur adds: As part of the countrywide vitamin ‘A’ plus campaign with the object of reducing the night blindness and growing resistance power in the children against diseases due to malnutrition, district health department will conduct the day long campaign on December 10 across the district.
It was learnt officially from district health department that the children numbering 41020 with the age range of 6 months to 11 months will be administered blue color vitamin A capsule(1 lakh IU) and 258168 children with the age range of 12 months to 59 months will be administered red color vitamin A capsule(2 lakh IU). In this connection an orientation meeting was held today at local circuit house.
It was further learnt that feeding of Vit-A will not bring any side effects or any after effects to the administered children. However, there may be some sort of vomiting tendency among some which is nothing serious or a matter of worry.
Official sources said that the campaign will be carried out 2100 regular vaccination centers of 79 unions of nine upazillas and four pourashavas of the district.
6300 field level workers of health department and family planning department along with the volunteers will be deployed at the centers to make the campaign successful.
All preparatory works of the campaign are now completed, Sources said.
