Bhubaneswar, August 9: To ensure that every woman of reproductive age and child in Odisha is worm-free, the Department of Health and Family Welfare has set a target to administer deworm doses to over one crore children and women across the state on August 10 on the occasion of National Deworming Day (NDD).
A mop-up round will be held on August 17 for those who missed the dose on the first date. A vitamin A supplementation program will also be conducted for children aged 9 to 60 months at routine vaccination sites along with the deworm campaign, the health department said.
"During the NDD, children aged 6-19 years and women of reproductive age 20-24 years will be provided with Albendazole tablets, while children aged 1-5 years will be administered age-appropriate Albendazole suspension at respective schools and Anganwadi centres facilitated by teachers, Anganwadi Workers and ASHAs," said Director of Family Welfare, Dr Sanjukta Sahoo addressing the media on Thursday.
The NDD August 2024 round will be held in 19 districts, i.e., Balasore, Bhadrak, Bolangir, Boudh, Cuttack, Deogarh, Gajapati, Jagatsighpur, Kendrapada, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Khurda, Koraput, Malkangiri, Nayagarh, Nabrangpur, Nuapada, Rayagada and Puri.
Lymphatic Filariasis-Mass Drug Administration (LFMDA) will be implemented in identified Implementation Units (IU) and blocks of the rest 11 districts (Angul, Bargarh, Dhenkanal, Ganjam Jharsuguda, Jajpur, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Sambalpur, Sonepur & Sundergarh), in which children aged 1-2 years will be provided with albendazole suspension under NDD. In the rest of the blocks of these 11 districts where LF-MDA is not implemented, children and women will be covered under NDD, Dr Sahoo informed.
All schools and anganwadi centres will be the implementation sites of the NDD. All the private schools, playschools, childcare institutions, and academic institutions will be included in this campaign.
