Six lakh and 70 thousands children will be provided vitamin A plus capsules at 1,827 centres of the Dhaka South City Corporation on June 1.
The campaign will start at 8:00am and will continue till 4:00pm, said the DSCC acting chief health officer Fazle Shamsul Kabir at an orientation programme titled National Vitamin A Plus Campaign-2024 held at Nagar Bhaban on Wednesday.聽
In total, 1,10,000 children aged between six to 11 months will receive a blue-coloured capsule, while 5,60,000 children aged 12 to 59 months will be given a red-coloured capsule.
The campaign will be facilitated by 3,654 volunteers and overseen by 150 supervisors.
Line director representatives from National Nutrition Service, director representatives of different hospitals, the DSCC officials, representatives from Girl Guides, Rovers Scout, Rotary Club, Urban
Primary Health Care Services Delivery Projects, and Unicef were present at the event.