Nationwide vitamin A-plus campaign on Sunday

The National Vitamin A-plus campaign will be conducted today (Sunday) with a target to feed over 22.0 million children aged six months to 59 months vitamin A-plus capsule to prevent childhood blindness and reduce child mortality in the country, reports BSS.

Feeding Vitamin A capsules prevents blindness of children, ensures normal growth, reduces all types of child mortality by 24 per cent and significantly reduces mortality from measles, diarrhoea and pneumonia, the health ministry sources said.

Under the campaign, children aged between six months and 11 months will be given vitamin A-plus capsule.