Kathmandu, April 21: Under the National Vitamin A Program run by the Ministry of Health and Population, approximately 2.3 million children have been administered Vitamin A capsules.
According to Information Officer Dr. Bhakta KC, the program conducted on April 19 and 20 also provided deworming medicine to about 2.1 million children. Additionally, around 800,000 children were given “Baalvita” (a micronutrient supplement).
The program targeted children aged 6 to 59 months for Vitamin A, 12 to 59 months for deworming tablets, and 6 to 23 months for Baalvita.
The government has been administering Vitamin A, deworming medicine, and Baalvita to help protect eyesight, boost immunity, reduce malnutrition, and lower child mortality rates.
About 50,000 Female Community Health Volunteers and 15,000 local health workers were mobilized across the country for the campaign. The government has been running the National Vitamin A Program twice a year—in Kartik and Baisakh—since 2002, while the deworming program has been in place since 2010. Nepal #VitaminA
