The effect of vitamin A supplementation on preschool child morbidity and mortality was
assessed in a prospective double-blind placebo-controlled study around Hyderabad, India …

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 …

There is uncertainty over whether vitamin A supplementation reduces morbidity among
children with subclinical deficiency of the vitamin. Hence a double-blind, placebo-controlled …

Community trials of the efficacy of vitamin A supplementation in reducing preschool
childhood mortality have produced conflicting results. To resolve the question, a …

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 …

Although most studies on the effect of vitamin A supplementation have reported reductions
in childhood mortality, the effects on morbidity are less clear. We have carried out two …

Background. Clinical vitamin A deficiency affects millions of children worldwide, and
subclinical deficiency is even more common. Supplemental vitamin A has been reported to …

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

OBJECTIVES--To determine whether a single high dose of vitamin A given to all children in
communities with high mortality and malnutrition could affect mortality and to assess whether …

States that the World Summit for Children and the WHO/UNICEF Conference onEnding
Hidden Hunger'have called for a reduction in childhood blindness and mortality by the …