- National Stop Diarrhoea Campaign 2024 was launched by the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda at a function in New Delhi.
- He launched the campaign by distributing oral rehydration salts (ORS) and zinc tablets to children.
- The two-month long campaign will begin from July 1 and will continue till August 31.
- The goal of the Stop Diarrhoea campaign is to reduce child deaths due to childhood diarrhoea to zero.
- The existing diarrhoea strategy involved a two-week campaign, while the new strategy involves a two-month campaign.
- Under this, children up to five years of age will be given ORS solution and zinc tablets.
- This will also include extensive IEC through various platforms and cooperation in multiple sectors including health, water and sanitation, education and rural development.
