Call to make vitamin A plus campaign a success

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FE Team | Published: May 26, 2022 22:41:57

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KHULNA, May 26 (BSS): Speakers at a journalists orientation workshop here today underscored the need for making the National Vitamin A plus Campaign-2022 scheduled to be held from June 4 to 7, a total success.'
They were addressing the workshop held at the city's School Health Clinic jointly organized by Khulna Civil Surgeon Office and Khulna City Corporation (KCC) to devise ways and means on how to make the programme a complete success following health guideline.
Chaired by Khulna Civil Surgeon Dr Sujat Ahmed, Deputy Civil Surgeon Dr Sheikh Md Kamal Hossain, Chief Health Officer of the KCC Swapon Kumar Halder, President of Khulna Press Club S M Nazrul Islam, Assistant Officer of Khulna PID Atiqul Islam, Medical Officer of Civil Surgeon Office Dr Sadia Monwara Usha, addressed the workshop, among others.
Khulna Civil Surgeon (CS) Dr Sujat Ahmed said CS office and Khulna City Corporation (KCC) have already completed all preparations.
The campaign will be conducted under the auspices of the Public Health and Nutrition Institute and National Nutrition Services under the Ministry of Health and Family Planning with UNICEF assistances.
The CS Dr Sujat said the main goal of the campaign is to maintain the prevalence of night blindness in children less than one percent through maintaining the high coverage of vitamin A supplementation among under five years children.