Low-quality scientific evidence for the continuation of universal Vitamin A supplementation among under 5 children in India

• Main Authors: Umesh Kapil (Author), Aakriti Gupta (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Vitamin A supplementation (VAS) is presently being undertaken in India among under 5 (U5) children for two possible benefits (i) to prevent nutritional blindness due to Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) and (ii) to reduce U5 mortality. The existing scientific evidence suggests that nutritional blindness du...