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Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper No 13 - Effectiveness of Vitamin A Supplementation in the Control of Young Child Morbidity and Mortality in Developing Countries

UN Standing Committee on Nutrition

Published in : 1993

Available in : English

This report presents conclusive evidence that improving the vitamin A status of young children reduced mortality rates by about 23%. The evidence relates to population groups in which there was evidence that vitamin A deficiency was sufficiently prevalent and sufficiently severe to give rise to at least a low prevalence of clinical signs of deficiency.

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Themes: Micronutrients, general, Nutrition and food systems, general, Nutrition assessments and M&E, general, Nutrition planning, policy and programme, general, Biochemical, Food culture, Food culture, Micronutrient deficiencies, Micronutrient deficiencies, Micronutrient Supplementation, Micronutrient Supplementation, Micronutrient Supplementation, Monitoring and evaluation, Monitoring and evaluation, Programmes, Vitamin A / Night blindness