Archive · 25 Sep 2026
Andhra Pradesh Gives Deworming Tablets to 1.12 Crore Children
Andhra Pradesh gave deworming medicine to about 1.12 crore children and teenagers.
The medicine helps protect against worms that can spread through contaminated soil.
The campaign is part of National Deworming Day.
It takes place twice each year.
Children received tablets at schools, colleges, anganwadi centres, and other educational institutions.
The state bought 1.24 crore tablets for the campaign.
Officials said worm infection levels fell from 36% to 34% based on 2019 data.
Children who missed the tablet on Friday could receive it on October 5.
About 1.12 crore children and adolescents in Andhra Pradesh received deworming tablets.
The distribution was conducted under the National Deworming Day programme.
Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav said the campaign has been held twice yearly since 2016.
Soil-transmitted worm infection prevalence declined to 34% from 36%, according to 2019 National Centre for Disease Control data.
The state procured 1.24 crore albendazole 400 mg tablets, with another opportunity scheduled for October 5.
- Who
- About 1.12 crore children and adolescents in Andhra Pradesh received the tablets, under a programme announced by Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav.
- What
- A state-wide deworming campaign administered albendazole 400 mg tablets.
- When
- The tablets were administered on Friday, with a follow-up opportunity on October 5; the campaign has been conducted twice yearly since 2016.
- Where
- At anganwadi centres, schools, residential schools, junior colleges, Industrial Training Institutes, diploma and degree colleges, and nursing colleges across Andhra Pradesh.
- Why
- To protect children and adolescents from soil-transmitted worm infections.
- Recipients
- Around 1.12 crore children and adolescents
- Programme
- National Deworming Day
- Medicine
- Albendazole 400 mg
- Tablets procured
- 1.24 crore
- Campaign frequency
- Twice a year since 2016
- Reported infection prevalence
- 34%, down from 36% in 2019
- Missed-dose date
- October 5