National Deworming Day Feb 2020

It's a brief presentation on the national deworming day. Target audiences are front-line health workers.

1. National Deworming Day 10 & 17 February 2020

2. 68% of children in India at risk

3. No direct person-to-person transmission No infection from fresh faeces, because eggs passed in faeces need about three weeks to mature in the soil before they become infective Do not multiply in the human host, reinfection occurs only as a result of contact with infective stages

4. Why NDD?

5. National deworming day From the year 2015 Two times in a year (Feb and Aug) Two sessions each time National Deworming day (NDD) – 10 th Feb Mop-Up Day (MUD) – 17 th Feb

6. Departments involved: MoHFW > State > Dist. > PHC > HW/ANM > ASHA Department of Education > Schools Ministry of Women and Child Development > CDBO > Anganwadi center > AWW

7. Target age group: 1 – 19 years Children enrolled in all schools (government & private) Children registered in AWCs Unregistered and out of school children Line listing (Village & ASHA wise) by 5 th February

8. Mapping and identification of out of school children : Polytechnics, ITI, degree colleges, universities (1st year students), vocational training centers, nursing colleges crèches, play schools, child care homes, shelter homes, juvenile homes slum areas (notified, non-notified) construction sites, industrial sites, Bricklin sites etc. Advance micro-planning for special outreach camps (non anganwadi sites) e.g. at bus stand and railway station

9. Albendazole - dose Asked to wait for 2 hours after consuming the Albendazole tablet

10. Adverse effects Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, headache Common for children with heavy worm infestation If present for > 24 hours, child should be taken to A very serious allergic reaction to this drug is rare Any symptom to be reported to Teacher/ASHA/AWW > > HW/ANM >> MO

11. School AWC ASHA

12. मोप अप डे