Vitamin ‘A’ plus campaign begins

The national Vitamin ‘A’ plus campaign began across the country on Wednesday, aiming to feed vitamin A plus capsules to more than 2.20 crore children aged between six to 59 months.

The campaign will continue till Sunday under the arrangement of National Nutrition Services of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Children aged between six to eleven months will be fed one blue color Vitamin-A capsule, while those aged between 12 to 59 months the red colored ones from 8:00am to 4:00pm

The campaign will be run at all EPI centres and permanent healthcare centres.

Besides, the capsules will also be given at community clinics and other public healthcare centres across the country. All immunisation centres will ensure health guideline, including sanitation and maintaining social distancing.