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Evaluating equity dimensions of infant and child vitamin A supplementation programmes using Demographic and Health Surveys from 49 countries

OBJECTIVES: Vitamin A deficiency affects an estimated 29% of all children under 5 years of age in low/middle-income countries, contributing to child mortality and exacerbating severity of infections. Biannual vitamin A supplementation (VAS) for children aged 6–59 months can be a low-cost interventio...

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Autores principales: Tang, Kevin, Eilerts, Hallie, Imohe, Annette, Adams, Katherine P, Sandalinas, Fanny, Moloney, Grainne, Joy, Edward, Hasman, Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10016247/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36918231
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062387