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8th Round of National Deworming Day campaign
February 12 , 2019
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- Health and Family Welfare Ministry conducted its 8th round of National Deworming Day (NDD) across the country.
- It aims to reduce the prevalence of parasitic intestinal worms among children.
- It is being held on 10 February and 10 August each year.
- During the programme, Albendazole tablets were orally administered to pre-school and school-going children in the age group of 1 to 19 years.
- As per World Health Organisation report, 64 per cent of the Indian population under 14 years are at risk of such infections.
- During this round, over 24 crore Children and Adolescents will be covered.
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