February 10 is observed as National Deworming Day, an initiative of the Union Health Ministry, in an attempt to make every child in the country worm-free.

• More than 836 million children are at risk of parasitic worm infections across the world. According to World Health Organization, 241 million children between the ages of 1 and 14 years are at risk of parasitic intestinal worms in India, also known as Soil-Transmitted Helminths (STH).
• Soil Transmitted Helminths, a parasitic worm infection, is transmitted through soil contaminated with faecal matter.