In response to the country-wide public health threat of intestinal worm infections in children and related morbidity the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Government of India has mandated all states and union territories to conduct the National Deworming Day on 10 February 2018. The National Deworming Day is a single fixed-day approach to treating intestinal worm infections in all children aged 1- 19 years and is held on 10 February and 10 August each year. Having conducted five rounds of National Deworming Day since February 2015 the mass deworming program aims to reach all children at schools