A child is given Vitamin A-plus capsule Dhaka Tribune‘On the day, around 2.25 crore children, aged between six months and five years, will be fed Vitamin A capsules under the nationwide campaign’The national Vitamin A-plus campaign will be held across the country on Saturday, aiming to provide Vitamin A-plus capsules to all children aged between six months and five years. “On the day, around 2.25 crore children, aged between six months and five years, will be fed Vitamin A capsules under the nationwide campaign,” he said. Around 25 lakh babies aged 6-11 months will be given a blue colour Vitamin A capsule, while around 1.94 crore children aged 12-59 months will get a red colour capsule each. The rate of children’s night-blindness in the country has come down below 1% following the distribution of Vitamin A-plus capsules. On January 17, the government postponed the Vitamin A-plus campaign which was to be held on January 19 citing "unavoidable reasons".

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 07, 2019 12:42 UTC