PATNA: Health minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey inaugurated vitamin A campaign at Gardiner Road Hospital here on Wednesday. The campaign will cover 1.47 crore children.
The minister said that the State Health Society, Bihar, in association with ICDS Directorate and UNICEF, runs vitamin A campaign at an interval of six months under regular immunization programme.
Choubey said that all ANMs and Aaganvadi Sevikas were imparted one-day training for the purpose while awareness was being generated through radio, television and newspapers. He said that for the first time marker pens were being used to identify the children so that they are not administered vitamin A dose more than once.
Choubey said that the first phase of this campaign would conclude on May 7. All primary health centres, additional primary health centres, health sub-centres and Aaganvadi centres would provide Vitamin A dose free of cost.