Deworming campaign reviewed in Nagaon

HT Correspondent
NAGAON, Oct 17: Joint director of Nagaon health services, Arupjyoti Mahanta on Tuesday highlighted
the importance of deworming in ensuring the gut health.
He said this during a convergence meeting to review the status and implementation of the National
Deworming Day that was held at the conference hall of the district commissioner office in Nagaon. The
meeting was chaired by Sauvik Bhuyan, SDO, Sadar.
“Although the National Deworming Day campaign period is 11 days, the deworming service is an
ongoing process,” Mahanta said.
District programme manager of National Health Mission, Anirban Borthakur apprised the meeting
regarding the National Deworming Day campaign, which was launched on October 16 and will continue
till October 26.
“The campaign is particularly for children and adolescents between 1 to 19 years of age. Deworming
tablets will be administered to all school going children in schools. ASHA and Anganwadi workers will be
administering deworming tablets in all the anganwadi centres and through home visits so that everyone
within the age group is covered. The parents and guardians are encouraged to contact their nearby
ASHA/ANM for more details regarding the campaign,” said Borthakur.
Discussions regarding preparations for the next round of Swasthya Sewa Utsav and registration in
Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission were also held in the same meeting.