Ganderbal, March 18 -- Deputy Commissioner Hashmat Ali Khan today convened a meeting of District Health Department to review the action plan and preparations for National De-worming Day (NDD) campaign to be held on March 20.

Chief Medical Officer, Dr R D Kasana briefed the DC about the action plan for the campaign. He said that 1.62 lakh children between 1 to 19 years of age enrolled in various schools and Anganwadi Centers in the district will be administered de-worming drug (Albendazole). The children who could not be de-wormed on National Deworming Day shall be administered the drug on Mop-up Day on March 26, 2019, he added.

The DC urged Health Department to make deworming drug abundantly available in all Government/private schools a...