Knock campaign: will be fed medicine to remove worms from the stomach

     Lucknow. In all 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh, a knocking campaign is being started from Wednesday i.e. 10th. Under this campaign, children will be distributed iron tablets and medicines to remove worms from the stomach. This campaign will run till 24 March.

     National Health Mission's General Manager, National Adolescent Health Program Dr. Ved Prakash informed that this time along with the Dastak Abhiyan, the National Worm Liberation Campaign is also being run. Under the WIFS program, a pink pill of iron will be distributed to children aged 6 years to 10 years and blue tablets of iron to adolescent girls from 11 years to 19 years. Asha will do this work from door to door. Each beneficiary will be given 8 tablets. One pill has to be consumed every week.

   At the same time under the National Worm Liberation Campaign, from Wednesday, children aged 1 year to 19 years will be fed Albandjal pill according to their age. This campaign will run in 25 identified districts of the state. These districts are Aligarh, Agra, Amroha, Bijnor, Badaun, Baghpat, Bulandshahar, Shamli, Saharanpur, Sambhal, Muzaffarnagar, Rampur, Meerut, Moradabad, Lalitpur, Mainpuri, Kasganj, Mathura, Hathras, Jhansi, GB Nagar, Ghaziabad, Hapur. , Firozabad and Etah.

      Dr. Veda said that both stomach worms and iron deficiency are a hindrance in the development of children. Therefore, it is necessary for children to take this medicine. He clarified that the National Worm Liberation Campaign is currently being run in 25 districts. The remaining districts will be run in the coming days.

      Campaign will run on Kovid protocol: ASHA workers who are going to be fed door-to-door medicine will follow the Kovid protocol completely. During the tour, Asha has to use globs, masks and sanitizers from time to time. At the same time, the campaign has to be made 100 percent successful by maintaining a distance of two yards. Asha has been instructed that the mother and father should not only give medicine but chew it in front of them and feed it.

     Ayushman Golden Card will be made free from today: Prime Minister Jan Arogya Ayushman Bharat and under the Chief Minister's campaign, a free golden card is being made for the selected beneficiaries of the scheme from today. This campaign will run till 24 March. Additional Chief Secretary has also issued a letter in this regard. According to the letter, till now, Rs 30 had to be paid at the Jan Seva Kendras to make the Golden Card, but during this fortnight this card will be made free of cost. It is worth mentioning that under the said scheme, the family of the eligible beneficiary gets the facility of free treatment up to Rs 5 lakh per year. During the campaign to make the golden card from 15 December 2020 to 15 January 2021, more than 10 lakh cards were made in UP but still 63 percent of the families covered by this scheme in the state are yet to become gold cards.