AGARTALA, Feb 7 (TIWN): Along with the nation Tripura also to observe the National De-worming Day on Feb 10.

In this regard a press conference was held at Agartala.

The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare today launched the first 'National Deworming Day' -a massive school based deworming ​ effort in twelve states on Tuesday February 10.

National Deworming Day is a groundbreaking initiative focused on reducing the threat of parasitic worm infections, a widespread health issue affecting over 241 million children in India alone. 

According to the 2012 report 'Children in India', published by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Govt. of India, 48% of children under the age of five years are stunted and 19.8% are wasted, indicating that half of the country's children are malnourished.