A deworming programme was held on Thursday at The Kidz Campus School, Sagolband Moirang Leirak where deworming tablets were administered to students as a part of two-week-long national deworming programme campaign that was launched on Tuesday.
The programme was organised by the directorate of Health Services Manipur in association with National Health Mission (NHM) Manipur.
Speaking to the media, state nodal officer, Child Health, NHM, Manipur Dr Shadhana Ningthoujam said that the state government had launched the second round of the national deworming programme with the target to administer deworming tablets to all the children between 1 to 19 years.
As educational institutions and Anganwadi centres are the right platform to cater maximum coverage of the programme, the deworming camp is being organised in collaboration with the Education and Social Welfare department, she said.
She further said that as per World Health Organisation, 240 million children under the age group of 1 to 19 suffer from worm-related issues such as anaemia, loss of concentration, loss of appetite, retardation of growth etc.
As today’s children are the future of tomorrow, keeping the children mentally and physically fit is highly essential, she mentioned. With this view, the government of India has been observing deworming day every year since 2015, she mentioned. In line with the vision of the government of India, the state government will put all-out efforts to ensure maximum coverage of the programme, she added.
