Vitamin ‘A’ plus campaign postponed

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Bangla Tribune Desk
Published : 21:55, Jan 17, 2019 | Updated : 22:00, Jan 17, 2019

A child is given Vitamin A-plus capsule. CourtesyThe national vitamin ‘A’ plus campaign that was scheduled to be held on Saturday next has been postponed due to unavoidable circumstances, reports BSS.
Institute of Public Health Nutrition issued a notification in this regard today saying the new date of the campaign to feed vitamin ‘A’ plus capsule will be announced later.
Children between six months and 11 months get one blue coloured capsule while those between 12 months to 59 months get one high-powered red coloured dose in vitamin A Plus campaign twice every year in Bangladesh.
Supplementary nutrition in the form of a vitamin A capsule is vital for good infant and child health, growth, and development.
A capsule of vitamin A given at least twice a year to children 6 to 59 months of age can reduce under-5 child mortality by 24 percent.
Vitamin A strengthens children’s immune system, reduce the frequency of diarrhoea and measles, and prevent night blindness.
Bangladesh has cut night blindness to 0.04 percent in recent years from 3.76 percent in 1982 through this campaign.

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