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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.
Documents :
Policy_paper_No_13.pdf (PDF, 755.41Kb)
Originally posted at : UNSCN - Publications
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This resource is listed under:
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
Life-cycle focus : Infancy, Pre-school age
Resource types : Normative guidance: Norms, standards, policies, Peer reviewed journals or papers, Reports, Scientific/background documents
Locations : Australia, Brazil, China, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Sudan, Thailand, United Republic of Tanzania
Working groups : Micronutrients, Nutrition of School-Age Children
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