Transcription of Vitamin A deficiency - WHO
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SummaryVitamin A deficiency is a common form of micronutrient malnutritionaffecting of preschool-age children and of pregnant published literature linking Vitamin A interventions to cause-specific child mortality due to measles, diarrhoea, malaria and other infec-tious diseases and to all-cause maternal mortality was comprehensivelyreviewed. Randomized controlled trial data of Vitamin A interventionsand survival were used to estimate the risk of mortality associated withvitamin A deficiency . The published relative risks were adjusted for theestimated prevalence of deficiency at study baseline.
Summary Vitamin A deficiency is a common form of micronutrient malnutrition affecting 21.1% of preschool-age children and 5.6% of pregnant women
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