National Deworming Day launched
Source: The Sangai Express
Ccpur, August 09 2017:
Deputy Commissioner, Churachandpur Shyam Lal Poonia today formally launched the National Deworming Day in the district, one day ahead of the actual administration of deworming tablets to children, at Vimala Raina High School in an apparent move intended to ensure a hassle free tablet distribution tomorrow .
The function which came a day after a sensitization workshop on various aspects of implementing deworming exercise in a mission mode to ensure internal hygiene among all children of the district was attended by the CEO ADCC, ZEO Churachandpur, CMO Churachandpur and several other officials from both the education and health department .
As a mark of the official launch, Albendazole tablets were administered to a few selected students of the school by the officials.
The exercise will however continue tomorrow, along with other schools and Anganwadi centres across the district .
Speaking at the occasion, SL Poonia stressed on the importance of deworming towards achieving internal hygiene among children.
He also appealed to everyone to ensure hygienic environment for the students to enable them to be responsible for Swachh Bharat .
He also administered Swachhta pledge to over 700 students of the school, and their teachers .
The Deputy Commissioner who is also the mentor officer of Vimala Raina HS has presented a volleyball and a football each to the students even as he instructed them to continually clean the school campus and uphold personal and public hygiene at all times.