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42.33 lakh children will be given doworming tablets on the occasion of National Deworming Day

in State News August 27, 2018 Comments Off on 42.33 lakh children will be given doworming tablets on the occasion of National Deworming Day 833 Views

Bhubaneswar: 27/8/18:As many as 42.33 lakh children between the age group of one and 19 years will be given doworming tablets on the occasion of National Deworming Day (NDD) on September 26.

This was revealed by health and family welfare department commissioner-cum-secretary Pramod Kumar Meherda after chairing the state coordination meeting for the National Deworming Day here on Monday.

“The National Deworming Day will be implemented on September 19 followed by Mop-up-Day on September 26 with an intend to deworm the children who missed the dose on September 19,” Meherda said.

Albendazole tablets will be administered to all children with an aim to make efforts in controlling soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections among them.The state had achieved 92 per cent coverage in the last round implemented in April 2018. To increase the coverage and to achieve the census target, the out of school children, private school children in the urban areas to be reached.

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