City-wide Vitamin A drinking campaign launched

On December 4, the City Department of Health announced that the second phase of the Vitamin A drinking campaign in 2025 is being implemented citywide.

Accordingly, for communes and wards in the old Da Nang city, high doses of Vitamin A will be supplemented for children from 6 months to under 36 months and children from 36 months of age and older with diseases that put them at high risk of Vitamin A deficiency (measles, prolonged diarrhea, severe acute malnutrition, respiratory infections, etc.).

For communes and wards in the former Quang Nam province, high doses of Vitamin A will be supplemented for children from 6 months to under 60 months and children 60 months and older with diseases that put them at high risk of Vitamin A deficiency.

The Vitamin A supplementation campaign is maintained regularly in June and December every year, contributing significantly to the prevention of malnutrition and protecting the health of young children. In this supplementation campaign, the city's health sector hopes to continue to achieve a high coverage rate, ensuring that all children of all ages benefit from the micronutrients necessary for growth and development.

The City Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommends that parents follow the schedule and take their children to take Vitamin A fully and on time at commune/ward health facilities. Along with that, units and facilities organize to review the subjects after the campaign to give them all the doses, ensuring that no children are left out.

According to the recommendation of the World Health Organization (WHO), children from 6 months to under 12 months old take 1 tablet containing 100,000 IU once, single dose, every 4-6 months; children from 12 months to under 36 months old take 1 tablet containing 200,000 IU once, single dose, every 4-6 months.

Source: https://baodanang.vn/trien-khai-chien-dich-uong-vitamin-a-tren-toan-thanh-pho-3313654.html