Growth Monitoring and Promotion

Greater Male’ Region:

• Dhamanaveshi
• ADK Hospital
• Hulhumale’ hospital
• GP clinic (Phase 2)
• Villimale’ Hospital
• Tree Top Hospital
• Medica Hospital

Atolls and Islands:

• All health facilities

• Vitamin A and Deworming programme is conducted every year, through health facilities and schools.
• Under this program, deworming is provided to children aged between 2 to 14 years old, once a year.
• Vitamin A supplementation is  provided to children below the age of 5.
• The first dose of vitamin A is given at 9 months with MR vaccine and second dose is given at 18 months with MMR vaccine. After that vitamin A is provided every 6 months until the child is 5 years.

Vitamin A and Deworming Schedule:

At 9 and 18 months old, children receive two doses of Vitamin A as part of the immunization program:

Vitamin A and deworming for children between the ages of 2 to 5 years old:

Deworming: