Over 2.2 crore children to be fed Vitamin A capsule on Sunday

More than 2 crore 20 lakh children will be fed Vitamin A capsules under the National Vitamin A Plus Campaign on June 18.

"Around 25 lakh babies between 6-11 months of age will be fed a blue capsule each and 1 crore 95 lakh babies between 12-59 months of age will be fed a red capsule each, respectively," Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque said at a press conference at a hotel in Dhaka on Thursday.

The day-long campaign would be conducted at all government health centres and mobile health centres. However, the campaign will continue for four days in hill tracts and remote areas.

A total of 240,000 volunteers will work at 1,20,000 centres while 40,000 health workers will participate in the campaign.

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