Vitamin deficiencies can wreak havoc in the lives of infants and their mothers. Often due to lack of vitamins in dietary supplements pregnant and lactating women and infants suffer from a number of ailments. This can be prevented by vitamin supplementation. Such a drive was recently initiated at tea gardens of APPL. APPL Foundation in partnership with Doctors For You to launch a Vitamin Supplementation programme across APPL Tea Estates in Assam and Dooars reaching children below 5 years age, pregnant and lactating women.
2807 children have been provided with Vitamin A supplement along with deworming tablets. 1225 Pregnant and lactating mothers have been provided with Multi-vitamin supplements which has compensated the deficiency of dietary intake of vitamins.
