Dinajpur Correspondent:

On the occasion of the National Vitamin 'A' Plus Campaign-2026, 3 lakh 85 thousand 221 children will be fed Vitamin 'A' capsules in Dinajpur district. This program will be implemented simultaneously in 13 upazilas of the district like the rest of the country on June 28 (Sunday) from 8 am to 4 pm.

On this occasion, a press briefing and press conference was organized by the District Civil Surgeon's Office at the auditorium of the 250-bed Dinajpur General Hospital on Thursday (June 25, 2026) at 3:30 pm.

Speaking as the president at the press conference, Acting Civil Surgeon of Dinajpur Dr. Golam Rasul Rakhi said that Vitamin 'A' capsules will be distributed in 2 thousand 616 centers in the district. Out of these, there are 15 permanent centers and 2 thousand 589 temporary centers. A total of 5 thousand 844 people, including field workers of the Health Department, staff of the Family Planning Department and volunteers, will be responsible for implementing the program.

He said that among the target children, 43,079 children aged 6 to 11 months will be given one blue vitamin 'A' capsule each and 3,42,142 children aged 12 to 59 months will be given one red vitamin 'A' capsule each.

He also said that vitamin 'A' plays an important role in the normal physical growth of children, development of eyesight and increasing immunity. Therefore, the cooperation of all concerned is required to make the National Vitamin 'A' Plus Campaign a success.

Additional District Magistrate Noor Alam Siddiqui, Deputy Director of Family Planning Department ATM Nazmul Huda, Additional Superintendent of Police (Traffic) Suman Ranjan Sarkar, Medical Officer of the Civil Surgeon's Office Dr. Hossain Md. Nahid and journalists from various print and electronic media of the district were present at the press conference.

Journalist briefing and press conference organized by the Dinajpur Civil Surgeon's Office, 25 June 2026; Information regarding the National Vitamin 'A' Plus Campaign-2026.