Vitamin A (VA) deficiency during pregnancy is common in low‐income countries and a
growing number of intervention trials have examined the effects of supplementation during …

Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a serious and widespread public health problem and the
leading cause of preventable blindness in young children. It is also associated with …

Part of the World Health Organization's mandate is to provide information on the health
status of the population at the global level. In this respect, since 1991, the Department of …

Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) persists in Uganda and the consumption of β-carotene–rich
orange sweet potato (OSP) may help to alleviate it. Two large-scale, 2-y intervention …

Latar Belakang penelitian adalah anemia yang dapat terjadi pada ibu hamil dengan kondisi
kekurangan darah merah pada trimester I-II dengan kadar hemoglobin (Hb)< 11 gr/dl dan …

Vitamin A is an essential micronutrient throughout life. Its physiologically active metabolite
retinoic acid (RA), acting through nuclear retinoic acid receptors (RARs), is a potent …

Nearly half of the world's population obtains its daily calories from rice grains, which lack or
have insufficient levels of essential micronutrients. The deficiency of micronutrients vital for …

'Hidden hunger'involves insufficient intake of micronutrients and is estimated to affect over
two billion people on a global scale. Malnutrition of vitamins and minerals is known to cause …

Dietary quality and diversity reflect adequacy of vitamin A. Both can deteriorate in response
to economic crises. Although the nutritional consequences of the 2008 world food price …

Anemia affects one-quarter of the world's population, but its etiology remains poorly
understood. We determined the prevalence of anemia and studied underlying risk factors in …