Deploying the first vitamin A and deworming campaign in 2025

Regional Health Centers in the province are implementing the first campaign to provide vitamin A and deworming medicine to children in 2025.

To carry out the campaign, the Department of Health has distributed 6,500 100,000 IU vitamin A tablets, 57,000 IU vitamin A tablets for children from 6 to under 60 months old and 48,690 deworming tablets at facility 1 (medical facilities in the former Yen Bai province); 7,900 100,000 IU vitamin A tablets, 61,000 IU vitamin A tablets and 63,000 deworming tablets at facility 2 (medical facilities in the former Lao Cai province).

People take their children to health stations to get free vitamin A and deworming.

The campaign was implemented by regional medical centers, General Hospitals No. 1, 2, 4 and Lao Cai Provincial Maternity and Pediatrics Hospital from July 20 to 29, 2025 (summarizing and reporting results to the Department of Health on August 10, 2025).

Vitamin A is an important micronutrient for the health and overall development of children. Every year, children will be given high doses of vitamin A according to a national campaign with 2 sessions per year.

Vitamin A supplementation helps children grow and develop physically, visually, and with antibodies.

Supplementing vitamin A combined with deworming for children brings many benefits, such as: improving children's weight and height, reducing the rate of malnutrition in underweight or stunted children; increasing the concentration of zinc, hemoglobin and retinol, improving anemia; improving diarrhea and respiratory infections in children with stunted malnutrition.

To prevent vitamin A deficiency, it is necessary to ensure that children eat well; during pregnancy and lactation, mothers need to eat enough nutrients; breastfeed for enough time and pay attention to vaccination; ensure that children are nourished from the time of complementary feeding, meals need to have enough nutrients and vitamin A. Pay attention to foods rich in vitamin A and carotene such as liver, eggs, milk, fish, dark green leafy vegetables, yellow and orange fruits; take children of the right age to supplement vitamin A periodically according to the instructions of the health sector.

To prevent or reduce the risk of worm infections in children, give them deworming medicine every 6 months. Children should be taught to wash their hands after using the toilet and before eating; adults should also wash their hands before preparing food and feeding children; children should drink boiled water and let it cool, eat cooked vegetables, and peel fruits after washing; children should regularly cut their nails.

Source: https://baolaocai.vn/trien-khai-chien-dich-uong-vitamin-a-va-tay-giun-dot-1-nam-2025-post650008.html