A total of 3,31,000 babies will be fed Vitamin A Plus Capsules in Jashore district from December 11 to December 14 on the occasion of Vitamin A Plus Capsule campaign.
Under the programme, six to 11 month-old babies will be fed a blue colour capsule while 12 to 59-month-old babies a red one.
The district Public Health Department will implement the programme at 354 centres in eight upazilas in the district.
The district civil surgeon Sheikh Abu Shahin disclosed this at a journalist orientation workshop held at the civil surgeon office auditorium on Thursday morning.
The guardians have been requested to bring their children with a filled stomach to a nearby centre on the day, said the civil surgeon.
Journalists of print, electronic media and online news portals working in the district were present in the programme.
Among others, the district press club president Jahid Hasan Tukun, Dr Rehnewaz and medical officer Giyas Uddin spoke in the programme.
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