According to the guidelines during Kovid-19, the children will be given vitamin A and iron syrup supplements as well as physical distance will also be taken care of. Time information will be given to the children in advance so that they can come easily and take vitamin A and iron syrup supplements. Iron and vitamin A supplements improve children’s nutrition star. The physical and mental development of children is not done properly by not drinking its dose. Children from nine months to one year will be given one ML vitamin A dose and children from one year to five years will be given two mL doses, while children from six months to five years will receive one mL per week of prescribed dose of iron folic syrup. Will be given Giving this information, Dr. Meera Baghel, Chief Medical and Health Officer of Raipur said, “This is a vitamin A supplement program in which vitamin A and iron syrup will be given free of cost in government health centers. During the sessions, vitamin A and iron syrup will be fed to children as well as consuming them, giving information about nutritional food, making available nutritious food services in Anganwadi centers, and identifying the severely malnourished children and getting them admitted to the Nutrition Rehabilitation Center. This time, a target of 2,306 sessions is proposed in the district, of which 312 is proposed in the development block Abhanpur, 341 in Arang, Dharsinwa 210, 330 in Tilda, 142 in Birgaon, and 971 in Raipur Urban. A target of 2.67 children has been set for vitamin A supplements, while a total of 2.91 lakh children have been targeted to drink iron syrup. Health officials and civil surgeons have been issued a guide line for the Vitamin A Supplementary Program for the month of child protection, and for this, a meeting of the district level district task force has been held through digital medium in which the Health Department, Women and Child Development Department, Education Department In coordination with other departments, an appeal was made to make this campaign successful. Cooperation of Anganwadi workers, Mitanin of the area, Mahila Arogya Samiti, Gram Panchayat, ward councilors and members of the village will be taken on the village health and urban health nutrition day in the successful operation of the campaign.
Infant protection month will run from 22 January to 26 February, children will be given vitamin A and iron syrup supplements
