Vitamin 'A' will be given to 21 lakh children on 17th and 18th of October
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Media Baaji
- Mon, 26 October 2026
Kathmandu. The government is going to give vitamin 'A' capsules to about 21 lakh children across the country on October 17 and 18. During the same period, around two million children will also be given leprosy medicine. The government had postponed the Vitamin 'A' programme, which was being conducted regularly in the first phase on 2nd and 3rd of October, this year because of Dasai. The postponed program is scheduled to be conducted on November 17 and 18.
According to the Nutrition Branch of the Health Services Department, vitamin 'A' capsules will be given to children aged 6 months to five years and deworming medicine to children aged one to five years.
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