Kathmandu, May 7 -- With all its efforts failed to purchase Vitamin A capsules on time, the Ministry of Health and Population has received two million capsules of the micronutrient from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

Those capsules were used in the nationwide vitamin A supplementation campaign held on April 19 and 20.

In addition to the Vitamin A capsules, the Health Ministry also got therapeutic milk sufficient for at least six months to treat severely acute malnourished children.

"We couldn't purchase vitamin A capsules and therapeutic milk required for the treatment of severely malnourished children on time," said Lila Bikram Thapa, chief of Nutrition Section at the Family Welfare Division under the Department of Healt...