National Deworming Day is observed every year on February 10 in India to deworm children between 1 to 19 years of age. All you want to know about this day.

• National Deworming Day is observed every year on February 10 in India and is aimed at deworming all children between 1 and 19.
• The day which is considered world's largest deworming programme was launched in 2015 in India and aims to target almost 240 million children that are at risk of acquiring soil-transmitted helminths in India.
• According to WHO, intestinal worms or soil-transmitted helminthiases are caused by infection with the nematodes Ascaris lumbricoides (roundworm), Trichuris trichiura (whipworm), and Ancylostoma duodenale or Necator americanus (hookworms) and are among the commonest infections in humans.