Vitamin-A plus capsules tested in labs this time: Health Minister
Dhaka, June 20 -- Health Minister Zahid Malik on Thursday said Vitamin-A plus capsules have been tested several times in labs to avoid problems this time.
The minister said this at a press briefing at the Secretariat ahead of the Vitamin-A Plus campaign.
The campaign is scheduled to be held on June 22 across the country to feed Vitamin A-plus capsules to nearly 2.20crore children aged from six months to five years. "There's no problem over the quality of Vitamin-A Plus capsules. Some of the capsules, made by prominent local companies, have been brought from abroad."
The rate of children's night-blindness in the country has come down below one percent and it will be brought to zero level, he said.
The Health Minister also said the rate...
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