National Deworming Day: Over 200 girl students given tablets in Kashi school
National Deworming Day
programme on Monday at the Composite School in Mahmoorganj. The programme began with administering albendazole to 229 female students.
The CMO emphasised that
personal hygiene
and cleanliness are crucial for a healthy future and better health. Parents should wholeheartedly support such health campaigns conducted by the health department from time to time.
He urged children to understand that worms in the stomach can result from open defecation, eating without washing hands, having untrimmed nails, and lack of cleanliness.
Therefore, everyone should wash their hands thoroughly after using the toilet and before eating. He stated that to prevent worms, children aged 1 to 19 years are given the medicine to relieve them from worms and ensure continuous physical and intellectual development.
This pill is administered once every six months. The CMO said that worms in the stomach can lead to
malnutrition in children
, causing anaemia and resulting in weakness.
Additional chief medical officer and programme nodal officer Dr Sanjay Rai said that on National Deworming Day, approximately 10 lakh children were given medicine across all schools and Anganwadi centres in the district.
For children who missed taking the medicine on this day, a mop-up round will be organised on Aug 14. The aim is to cover all left-out children with the medicine and achieve 100 per cent target completion.
He informed the children about the symptoms of worm infection, such as diarrhoea, stomach pain, weakness, vomiting, and loss of appetite. School principal Preeti appreciated the organisation for the initiative.
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