Nat’l Vitamin 'A' Plus Campaign today

The National Vitamin 'A' Plus Campaign will be held simultaneously across the country today (Sunday), reports BSS.

Under this programme, the government has set a target of feeding Vitamin 'A' capsules to about 2,40,36,022 children aged 6 months to 59 months. The campaign will run from 8 am to 4 pm. However, a child-to-child searching activity will be conducted in 714 wards of 290 unions of 58 upazilas in 12 districts in remote areas for four days after the campaign.

In this campaign, organised in association with the Ministry of Health and UNICEF Bangladesh, two types of capsules will be fed to children according to their age.