National Deworming Day, started in 2015 under the National Health Mission, targets soil-transmitted worm infections such as roundworm, whipworm and hookworm by giving Albendazole to children and adolescents aged 1-19 through schools and anganwadis. International Epilepsy Day, held on the second Monday of February since 2015, fell on 10 February with the theme '#EpilepsyPledge'; epilepsy affects about 50 million people globally and over one crore in India. World Pulses Day, declared by the UN in 2019, was also observed.