Children Targeted on National Deworming Day during 2016

June 21, 2017

Author: OGD PMU Team

The National Deworming Day (NDD) is observed on February 10 by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) , Government of India and its main objective is to deworm children between the ages of (1-19) at schools and anganwadi centres.

In February 2015, the MoHFW, Government of India launched the National Deworming Day  as part of National Health Mission in 11 states/UTs including Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Tripura. The National Deworming Day has emerged as the world largest public health campaign for treatment of intestinal parasitic worms. After the unprecedented coverage of National Deworming Day with national level coverage of 89 million children, the MoHFW mandated the observation of the National Deworming Day at pan-India level from February 2016.

The number of  children targeted on National Deworming Day in India was 269837021 during 2016. There were 6 states having more than 15000000 in terms of the number of  children targeted on National Deworming Day viz. Bihar, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh during 2016.

The number of  children targeted on National Deworming Day in Bihar was 43561977 during 2016. It had a share of 16.14% in the total number of  children targeted on National Deworming Day in India during 2016. The number of  children targeted on National Deworming Day in Rajasthan was 24968744 during 2016. Rajasthan had a share of 9.25% in the total number of  children targeted on National Deworming Day in India during 2016.

The number of  children targeted on National Deworming Day in Tamil Nadu was 24317457 during 2016. Tamil Nadu had a share of 9.01% in the total number of  children targeted on National Deworming Day in India during 2016. The number of  children targeted on National Deworming Day in Odisha was 16800000 during 2016. Odisha had a share of 6.23% in the total number of  children targeted on National Deworming Day in India during 2016.

The number of  children targeted on National Deworming Day in West Bengal was 16032263 during 2016. West Bengal had a share of 5.94% in the total number of  children targeted on National Deworming Day in India during 2016. The number of  children targeted on National Deworming Day in Madhya Pradesh was 15101901 during 2016. Madhya Pradesh had a share of 5.6% in the total number of  children targeted on National Deworming Day in India during 2016.

Note: Source: Rajya Sabha Session – 239 Unstarred Question No. 306.

Dataset URL: https://data.gov.in/catalog/answers-data-rajya-sabha-questions-session-239

Resource Title: Total Number of Children targeted on National Deworming Day during 2016 (From: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare)