Editorials - Child health

Vitamin A supplementation for preventing death and illness in children 6 months to 5 years of age

  • By: Damian K Francis
  • On: January 14, 2011, 15:00

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Vitamin A deficiency is associated with excess mortality and morbidity and has been the subject of several systematic reviews. A new Cochrane Review published in December 2010 on vitamin A supplementation for preventing morbidity and mortality in children aged 6 months to 5 years concludes that vitamin A supplementation is effective in reducing the risk of all-cause mortality by 24% compared with no treatment...

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