No ill-effects of Albendazol tablet has ever been reported in mass drug administration programmes in the State. Some general symptoms like vomiting, nausea and dizziness may appear in children after administration of the tablet. Generally, this happens due to excess of worms in the stomach. It does not cause any adverse incident.
NHM Mission Director Faiz Ahmad Kidwai informed that during mass drug administration programmes in the state on February 10, two complaints of dizziness were received from Vidisha district, one from Sheopur district, nausea in 4 girls in Ujjain district, one incident of dizziness at Dewas, vomiting by one child at Satna and nausea in 8 children at Multai in Betul distrcit. All children were extended first aid immediately. No untoward incident has been reported from any school in the state. All children are safe and healthy.
As per new directives of Government of India, a campaign was launched under first phase of National De-worming Day on February 10 in 12 States including Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Tripura. Worms in children’s stomachs develop due to infection, lack of personal hygiene and eating infected/polluted soil. De-worming can be ensured with just one Albendazol tablet. This programme is being implemented in 85 thousand 113 primary, 699 middle and higher secondary schools and 90 thousand anganwadi centres in the state under which about one crore children will be benefited.