A one-day orientation programme to train the Anganwadi workers and ASHAs on the National De-worming Day was held by the Community Health Centre (CHC) at Khariar on Tuesday.
All the AWWs and ASHAs of Khariar block had attended the training programme. The objective was to orient the field functionaries about the campaign on de-worming, which would be held on Wednesday next to administer de-worming tablets to all the children of 1-19 years of age in educational institutions and Anganwadi centres,” said Block Programme Officer of Khariar CHC Saikh Wasim Raja.
The participants were divided in two groups one of ASHAs and the other of the AWWs. Maj Dr Ramachandra Mishra, Dr Sanghamitra Babu, MO, Ayus, Dharmendra Tandi and Anurag Chand trained the AWWs. The ASHAs were addressed by Dr Ritesh Panda, Dr Madhulika Pattnaik, Dhabaleswar Meher and Gagan Naik.