The Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) has set a target to feed Vitamin-A plus capsule to 5 lakh 45 thousands babies of ages ranging from 5 to 59 months in the city on Saturday next during the National Vitamin-‘A’ Plus Campaign-2024.
All preparations for the Vitamin-A plus campaign have been completed in the meantime. The campaign will begin from 8 am in all 41 wards of the city.
Of those, around 85 children aged between six months to 11 months will be given blue-coloured capsule of high powered Vitamin-‘A’ through 1321 centres under 41 ward and 4,60,000 children aged between one year to five years will be given red-coloured capsule of high- powered Vitamin-A.
This was disclosed by the Chief Medical Officer of the CCC Dr. Md Immam Hossain Rana at a press conference arranged at CCC General Hospital today.
Besides, 20 mobile medical teams of the CCC will conduct Vitamin–A plus capsule campaign at all bus terminals, railway stations, launch stations and Shah Amanat and kalurghat bridge points.
Senior CCC health officers and related high officials of the CCC were present at the conference, among others.
Acting Chief Medical Officer of the CCC Dr. Md Immam Hossain Rana sought all out co-operations from the media as it’s very important for making the Vitamin-A plus Campaign a success.