The National Vitamin-A Plus campaign will be held across the country on Saturday (Jan 9).
“The campaign is aimed at providing vitamin-A Plus capsules to all children aged one day to five years,” Dr Mohammad Yunus, Director of Institute of Public Health Nutrition, told Bangla Tribune.
“A circular will be released to notify people,” he added.
“Earlier, the campaign was postponed due to unavoidable circumstances, said Dr Yunus before adding, “A probe committee has been formed over the postponement.”
Supplementary nutrition in the form of a vitamin A capsule is vital for good infant and child health, growth, and development.
Vitamin A strengthens children’s immune system, reduces the frequency of diarrhoea and measles, and prevents night blindness.
Bangladesh has cut night blindness to 0.04 percent in recent years from 3.76 percent in 1982 through this campaign.