Nearly 400,000 children in Hanoi receive vitamin A supplements
Friday, 09/06/2023 12:14 (GMT+7)
(CPV) - Hanoi implemented a campaign to supplement vitamin A at 1,715 points in four days in early June. The total number of children from 6 to 35 months old who received vitamin A during this campaign was 392,131.
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The Vitamin A Supplement Campaign aims to give vitamin A to 99.8 percent of its children from 6-35 months old in two phases in June and December this year.
Additionally, over 95% of children under five years old will be weighed and measured to assess the prevalence of underweight, stunting, emaciation and overweight/obesity.
Vice Director of the Hanoi City Department of Health Vu Cao Cuong has requested careful preparation for the campaign, stressing the importance of conducting screening before administering doses of vitamin A to children.
Medical staff giving vitamin A to children must ensure they follow the correct technique, and administer it to the appropriate target group with prescribed dosage, Cuong said.
Speaking at the campaign inspection working session, Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan highly appreciated the leadership of the City Department of Health for quickly directing the health system at district and grassroots levels to prepare very carefully for the campaign.
To prepare for the nationwide Vitamin A supplement campaign, the Ministry of Health has assigned implementing units to coordinate with suppliers to select drugs. Up to now, the drugs have been imported to Vietnam in sufficient quantity for children under 5 years old nationwide to use. Currently, the quantity of imported Vitamin A has been received by localities and deployed nationwide to enhance micronutrients and health status for Vietnamese children. On June 1 every year, in response to the month of action for children, the Ministry of Health launches a program to provide Vitamin A for children./.
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