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Nationwide Vitamin A, deworming tablets campaign on Tuesday and Wednesday

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By TRN Online, Kathmandu, Apr.18: The government is administering Vitamin A capsules and deworming tablets to children under the national Vitamin A campaign from Tuesday.

According to the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), Vitamin, A capsules will be given to children between six months to five years while deworming tablets will be administered to children from one year to five years in the two-day-long nationwide campaign starting on Tuesday.

Vitamin A is being given since 1997 and deworming tablets is being administered nationwide since 2001 to reduce the risk of health complications and malnutrition in children.

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