6 lakh kids to get Vitamin A+ under DSCC on June 18

A total of six lakh children will be fed Vitamin A plus capsules at 1,827 centres of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) on June 18.

The campaign will start at 8:00 am and will continue till 4:00 pm, said Dr Fazle Shamsul Kabir, acting chief health officer of DSCC.

He made the announcement at an orientation programme of 'National Vitamin A Plus Campaign-2023' at the DSCC office.

One lakh children aged 6-11 months will be fed blue capsules while five lakh children aged 12-59 months will be fed red capsules.

Some 150 supervisors and 3,654 volunteers will take participate in the programme.

Line director representatives from National Nutrition Service, director representatives of different hospitals, officials of DSCC, representatives from Girl Guides, Rovers Scout, Rotary Club, Urban Primary Health Care Services Delivery Projects, and Unicef were present there.