Tablets distributed among schoolchildren on National Deworming Day
Local administration officials in Tamil Nadu districts conducted a mass deworming drive, distributing Albandezole tablets to hundreds of thousands of children and women. The initiative is part of the annual National Deworming Day program aimed at improving public health.
Why it matters
Mass deworming programs are critical public health interventions in developing regions to reduce parasitic infections and improve nutritional outcomes in children.
Local administration officials across the region participated in special camps held in schools, public health facilities, and other designated centres, to distribute Albandezole (deworming) tablets on Monday. The drive was held as part of the annual programme conducted under the auspices of the Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Government of Tamil Nadu, in February and August in connection with National Deworming Day.
According to official sources, 3,73,000 children between the ages of one to 19 and 15,560 women (except those who are pregnant or lactating) in the age group of 20-30, received the tablets in Tiruchi district on Monday.
In Pudukottai, District Collector M. Aruna distributed tablets to schoolchildren at Sri Brahadambal Government Higher Secondary School on Monday.
A total of 4,56,764 children and 1,14,452 women from the district received the tablets.
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