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17 million kids dewormed in Bihar
Friday November 11, 2011 07:14:15 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: In one of
the largest deworming programmes in India, an international NGO in
collaboration with Bihar's health department has reached out to 17
million school children between the age of 6-14 years.
"In a three-phased programme conducted in 38 districts of Bihar
this year, we have managed to deworm 17 million children through
an initiative where we sensitised the teachers on the need of
deworming," said Yogita Kumar, technical consultant with
international NGO Deworm the World (DTW).
The initiative was Bihar's first ever state-wide school based
deworming programme implemented from February through April this
year. Children with worms are more likely to suffer from
malnutrition and anaemia resulting in sickness and impact on
child's cognitive growth.
The children were administered deworming tablets once or twice a
year. Deworming has also resulted in reduction of school
absenteeism.
"This was a combined effort of the health and education
departments. Prevalence studies for worms were high in Bihar as
sanitation and hygiene condition were not up to the mark," said
Stalin Chakrabarty, operation coordinator with DTW.
Nearly 140,000 teachers across schools in Bihar were trained to
deliver medication with support from 20,000 healthcare staff in
the state. The programme involved both enrolled and non-enrolled
children.
According to the NGO, Bihar is not the only state with high
prevalence rate. Delhi also figures on top in the list of
vulnerable states that need deworming for children.
"In Delhi, the prevalence was 16 percent, and it was especially
high in primary schools and slums where the sanitation was not
good," said Kumar.
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