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Today de-worming tablets for 4.69 lakh to be given

Today de-worming tablets for 4.69 lakh to be given


Mangalore Today News Network

Aug 10, 2017: About 4.69 lakh children aged between one and 19 in anganwadis, government and aided institutions will be given de-worming tablets on the National De-worming day today August 10, Thursday.

Talking to media, District Health Officer M. Ramakrishna Rao said that presence of worms in children has been a major cause of malnutrition among this age group.

Taking de-worming tablets twice a year would go a long way in improving the health of children, he said.  Reproductive Child Health Officer H. Ashok said that the de-worming tablets will be given to children in the anganwadis, government and aided schools and colleges after lunch. These tablets are chewable.


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