Health Ministry is all geared up for its second round of National Deworming Day tomorrow in 33 states and Union Territories targeting 31 crore children. <br/><br/>A total of 7.8 crore children are targeted in private schools and 3.5 crore out of school children will be covered through Anganwadi workers and ASHAs. An official release said, the first NDD round of 2017 in February covered 26 crore children with a coverage of 89 per cent.<br/><br/>Our correspondent reports National Deworming Day is organised twice in a year covering all the children from one to nineteen years of age except Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh where deworming is carried out once in a year. All the children are provided deworming tablet in schools and anganwadis.
News On AIR | August 9, 2017 7:33 PM
Second round of National Deworming Day to cover 31 crore children