Staff Reporter:
A total of six lakh children will be fed Vitamin A Plus capsules at 1,827 centers of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) on June 18.
The campaign will start at 8 am and will continue till 4 pm.
One lakh children aged 6-11 months will be fed blue colored capsules while 5 lakh children aged 12-59 months will be fed red colour capsules, said Dr Fazle Shamsul Kabir, acting chief health officer of DSCC.
He made the announcement at an orientation program of ‘National Vitamin A Plus Campaign-2023’ at the DSCC office.
Some 150 supervisors and 3,654 volunteers will take part in the program.
Line director representatives from National Nutrition Service, director representatives of different hospi-tals, officials of DSCC, representatives from Girls’ guide, Rovers Scout, Rotary Club, Urban Primary Health Care Services Delivery Projects and Unicef were present there.
