Vitamin ‘A’ plus campaign in Bagerhat

Bagerhat Correspondent :
Bagerhat District Health Department has completed all the necessary preparations to make a success the National vitamin ‘A’ plus campaign in all the nine Upazilas including 2 Pourshavas in the district on December 12, 2023. It was disclosed by Dr. Shaikh Riaduzzaman, Medical Officer, Bagerhat in a press briefing held in the auditorium of Civil Surgeon’s Office on Thursday morning with Dr. Jalal Uddin Ahmed, Civil Surgeon of Baberhat in the chair. It was also disclosed in the press conference that a total 1, 70,400 babies aged from 6-59 months will be administered vitamin A plus capsules from 1, 858 centers in the nine Upazilas in the district.
Out of them 20, 679 babies aged from 6 to11 months will be fed blue coloured vitamin A plus capsules and 1, 49,721 babies aged from 12 to 59 months will be fed red coloued vitamin A plus capsules.
In order to make the campaign succesful, some 3, 716 volunteers, some 231 Class-I supervises and 693 Health Assistants were already engaged in the nine Upazilas and 2 Poursshavas of the district.
Dr. Jalal Uddin Ahmed, Civil Surgeon while delivered his inaugural speech he informed the journalists, the campaign will be conducted in order to reduce death risks of babies, saving them from blindness caused by shortages of vitamin A and disseminating knowledge among the mass people about nutritional aspects for the children. He said Vitamin A can prevent mal-nutritional blindness, especially night blindness, bigot’s spot and corneal lesions and also narrated importance for continuation of Vitamin A supplementation. The press briefing was also addressed among others by Dr. Mehedi Hasan, Medical Officer, Nihar Ranjan Saha, President of Bagerhat Press Club, Bisnu Prosad Chakraborty, Ahsanul Karim and Nakib Sirajul Haq.