Vitamin ‘A’ is essential to increase children’s immunity and prevent night blindness<\/strong><\/p>\n
Manisha Basnet, Nepal News Bank <\/strong><\/p>\n Kathmandu. The government has launched a nationwide campaign to administer Vitamin ‘A’ and de-worming tablets throughout the country to improve children’s overall health security, nutrition and enhance their immunity.<\/p>\n The campaign aims to provide Vitamin ‘A’ capsules to around 2.2 million children between the age of 6 to 59 months and over 2 million de-worming tablets to children between the age of 12 and 59 months across the country on November 3, 2018. Why is vitamin A important? Vitamin <\/p>\n A is an essential micronutrient for children’s physical growth, eye health, and overall immune system. When it is lacking, children are at high risk of blindness, which causes blindness, dry eyeballs, and blindness. Also, regular vitamin A intake gives children the ability to fight against infectious diseases such as diarrhoea, pneumonia and measles. Worm-like medicine controls intestinal parasites in children and prevents anemia and malnutrition. <\/p>\n According to health volunteer Bobby Maharjan, vitamin ‘A’ and de-worming medicines are given according to the age of the child. Children from 6 months to 1 year are given half capsules of vitamin ‘A’ and those under 1 year to 5 years are given a full capsule.<\/p>\n Similarly, children below 1 to 2 years of age will be given half a pill and those above 2 years will be given 1 pill. She urged the parents to give it confidently as it does not have any negative effects. <\/p>\n ‘Every time, four meals’ Emphasis <\/p>\n During the campaign, a practical demonstration (demo) on nutrition has also been organized along with the distribution of Vitamin ‘A’ and Balvita at the vaccination centers. According to Maharjan, it is necessary to feed the children a balanced diet ‘every time, four meals’ in addition to capsules. <\/p>\n rice, corn or sawdust for carbohydrates in children’s food; legumes for protein; milk, yogurt, ghee and eggs from animal sources; and locally available green vegetables, coriander and yellow fruits (papaya, guava, banana) for vitamins. The volunteers say that the interest and presence of parents towards the nutrition and health of children has increased significantly. <\/p>\n Leela <\/p>\n Bikram Thapa, chief of the nutrition section of the Family Welfare Division under the Department of Health Services, said that medicines required for the campaign have been supplied across the country. <\/p>\n Talking to Nepal News Bank, Branch Chief Thapa informed that about 51,<\/p>\n 000 women community health volunteers have been mobilized across the country to make the Vitamin ‘A’ distribution program a success. About 10,000 health workers and local level representatives have also been mobilized to monitor and facilitate the program. <\/p>\n For this program, which is being implemented in all 753 local levels across the country, the necessary supply has been ensured on the basis of the number of children. The local governments are providing services by designating distribution centers in their ward offices, schools, health institutions and public places. The government has been conducting this national program regularly in the months of April and October every year. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Why do children need vitamin A? Vitamin ‘A’ is essential to increase children’s immunity and prevent night blindness Manisha Basnet, Nepal News Bank Kathmandu. The government has launched a nationwide campaign to administer Vitamin ‘A’ and de-worming tablets throughout the country to improve children’s overall health security, nutrition and enhance their immunity. 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