Background Vitamin A deficiency is a risk factor for blindness and for mortality from measles
and diarrhoea in children aged 6–59 months. We aimed to estimate trends in the prevalence …

Background Children with vitamin A deficiency have higher risk of morbidity and mortality
than vitamin A–sufficient children. Estimates on the potential child survival benefits of vitamin …

Vitamin A deficiency is a common form of micronutrient malnutrition affecting 21.1% of
preschool-age children and 5.6% of pregnant women worldwide. The published literature …

Introduction Vitamin A is important for the integrity and regeneration of respiratory and
gastrointestinal epithelia and is involved in regulating human immune function. It has been …

Reported are estimates of the prevalence in developing countries of physiologically
significant vitamin A deficiency and the number of attributable deaths. The WHO …

Previous studies of the effect of 6-monthly vitamin A supplementation on child mortality have
given conflicting results. In other trials, more frequent doses of vitamin A have significantly …

The prevalence of vitamin A (VA) deficiency, which affects about one-third of children in
developing countries, is falling only slowly. This is despite extensive distribution and …

Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is an important public health problem worldwide that contributes
significantly to the global burden of disease. Vitamin A deficiency disorders include …

Abstract 450 villages in northern Sumatra were randomly assigned to either participate in a
vitamin A supplementation scheme (n= 229) or serve for 1 year as a control (n= 221). 25 939 …

Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is one of the important public health issues worldwide. However,
a detailed understanding of the incidence and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) due to …