NATIONAL DEWORMING DAY

 

NATIONAL DEWORMING  DAY

DEWORMING IS THE GIVING OF ANTHELMINTIC DRUG TO HUMAN OR ANIMAL TO GET RID OF HELMINTHES PARASITE ,SUCH AS ROUND WORMS , FLUES , AND TAPEWORM . PURGE DEWORMER IS FORMULATED AS THE FEED SUPPLEMENT THAT IS EATEN OR INJECTIBLE, OR TAKEN ORALLY AS PASTE OR GEL. THE FORM OF DEWORMING ARE
HORSE ARE MOSTLY DEWORMED WITH PASTE OR GEL PLACED AT THE BACK OF THE ANIMALS MOUTH THROUGH SYRINGE.
DEWORMING IN SHEEP IS DONE BY A DRENCHING GUN WHICH SQUIRTS AN ANTITHELMINTIC INTO SHEEP’S THROAT .
DEWORMING OF PUPPIES ARE DONE AT THE AGE OF 2,4,6 ARE 8 WEEKS ALSO SAME TREATMENT IS GIVEN THE MOTHER DOG.
DEWORMING TREATMENTS OF KITTENS ARE DONE IN 3,5, 7 , AND 9 WEEKS AND ALSO THERE MOTHERS.
THE DEWORMING IN HUMANS ARE DONE BY THE TABLET/PILLS KNOWN AS MEBENDAZOLE AND ALBENDAZOLE. THESE COSTS VERY LOW. THE WORM INFECTIONS INTERFERE NUTRIENT UPTAKE , LEAD TO ANEMIA , MALNOURISHMENT, IMPAIRED MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT . IT ALSO AFFECTS THE CONCENTRATION OF CHILDREN’S IN SCHOOLS.
THE NATIONAL DEWORMING DAY IS A INITIATIVE BY THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE TO MAKE EVERY CHILD WORMFREE. HELMINTHES (WORM) ARE TRANSMITTED THOUGH INFECTED SOIL, CONTAMINATED WATER .
THE OBJECTIVE OF THE NATIONAL DEWORMING DAY IS TO DEWORM ALL PRE SCHOOL AND SCHOOL AGED CHLDRENS BETWEEN THE AGE 1- 18 THROUGH THE PLATFORM OF SCHOOL AND ANGANWADI.
THE PROGRAMEE IS BEING IMPLEMENTED THROUGH THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY UNDER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE AND DEVELOPMENT , MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION.
MINISTRY OF PANCHAYAT RAJ , MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS , MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT , MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT , AND URBAN LOCAL BODIES (ULBS) ALSO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO DEWORMING PROGRAM.