Background Vitamin A supplementation reduces child mortality. It is estimated that 500
million vitamin A capsules are distributed annually. Policy recommendations have assumed …

Vitamin A deficiency affects some 127 million preschool children globally, putting them at
increased risk of sickness and death as the deficiency leaves them vulnerable to infection …

Background: Angelman syndrome (AS) and Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) are 2 distinct
neurodevelopmental disorders caused primarily by deficiency of specific parental …

Christine has a PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland,
UK. She is currently the Chief Biomedical Scientist at the MRC Human Nutrition Laboratories …

Background: The effect of vitamin A supplementation (VAS) at birth on subsequent vitamin A
status has not been studied. Objective: The objective was to study the effect of 50 000 IU …

Background: Retinol-binding protein (RBP) is accepted as a surrogate biochemical marker
for retinol to determine vitamin A (VA) status. A recently developed enzyme immunoassay for …

The Ministry of Health in Sri Lanka commenced a vitamin A supplementation programme of
school children with a megadose of 105 μmol (100 000 IU) vitamin A in school years 1, 4 …

Objective: To assess serum albumin, total cholesterol, retinol, zinc and hemoglobin in
children who had completed treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and Non …

Dietary intakes and plasma concentrations of retinol and carotenoids were estimated in
assessing the vitamin A status of young children in Kwangju, Republic of Korea. Three …

BACKGROUND Scientific and policy-making groups have issued somewhat conflicting
statements about the benefits of postpartum vitamin A supplementation programs over the …