Health and Family Welfare Minister Shri T.S. Singhdev inaugurated the National Deworming Day by administering Albendazole medicine to the children at his residence office in Raipur today. Taking the children in his lap, he himself administered anthelmintic medicine. Under the National Deworming Day, Albendazole medicine will be given to 88 lakh 59 thousand children and adolescents in the age group of one year to 19 years in 30 districts of the state. The children who were left out of taking medicine today will be given medicine during the mop-up round on February 15. Chief Medical and Health Officers of all the districts were also present online in the launch programme. Mr. Singhdev said that 50 thousand 255 teachers, 47 thousand 094 Anganwadi workers and 63 thousand 435 Mitanins have been trained across the state to ensure feeding of medicine to all children and adolescents on National Deworming Day. Today, deworming medicine is being administered in Anganwadis, government schools, health centers, aided private schools and technical education institutions. He said that a major part of the children’s food is eaten by worms. Due to this, children become malnourished and weak and become victims of anemia. To keep the children healthy and for their physical-mental development, it is necessary to eliminate the worms in the stomach. Continue Reading