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National Deworming day – February 10
February 12 , 2020
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- Every year National Deworming Day is observed twice on February 10th and August 10th.
- The event is observed by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
- The implementing agency under the ministry is National Health Mission.
- Objective of the day is to reduce the prevalence of Soil Transmitted Helminths (STH) commonly called the parasitic intestinal worms among all children and adolescents.
- The worms mainly spread from the faeces of people who defecate in open.
- On the Deworming Day, the deworming tablet Albendazole is administered to children.
- The event is being observed twice a day since 2015.
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