Kathmandu, Nov. 6 -- day nationwide vitamin and deworming campaign has started on Thursday. Around 2.2 million children between six to 59 months will be given vitamin A. Of them around 1.9 million children between one to five years will also receive deworming tablets during the campaign.

Around 54,000 female community health volunteers have been deployed nationwide for the purpose. The health ministry has been conducting the campaign twice a year-in April and in November-since 2003.

"We have already supplied vitamin A and deworming tablets to all local units throughout the country," said Lila Bikram Thapa, chief of Nutrition Section at the Family Welfare Division under the Department of Health Services. "Female community health voluntee...