RAWALPINDI:Additional Deputy Commissioner, Headquarters Marzia Saleem Thursday said that a three-day campaign to deworm around 1.3 million children would commence in the Rawalpindi district from November 1.
Chairing a meeting to review the arrangements, she said children between 5 to 14 years would be given free of cost deworming tablets while it would commence on November 1,2 and 4.
She said the drive would help overcome malnutrition and abdominal infections among the children.
Marzia said the Punjab government had provided free of cost Mebendazole 500 mg, which would also be given to children working at different places besides those studying in seminaries and schools.
She urged the citizens to cooperate with the health teams as a healthy child was essential for a healthy society, and this message should be conveyed to every nook and corner of the district.