Vitamin A supplementation on child morbidity

Vitamin A supplementation on child morbidity.

OBJECTIVE To determine the impact of vitamin A supplementation on child morbidity and nutritional status. DESIGN A community based follow-up (interventional) in nature. SETTING Two randomly selected Weredas (districts) of Tigray, North Ethiopia were studied between 1996 and 1997. SUBJECTS Four thousand seven hundred and seventy children aged between six and 72 months, selected using a mul...

Improving child survival through vitamin A supplementation.

Impact of supplementation with zinc and vitamin A in growth rate and morbidity of respiratory and diarrhea infections in infants

Introduction: Supplementation is a simple and effective intervention method in public health for control of parasite and infectious diseases in infants. The current study was conducted to determine the effect of supplementation with zinc and vitamin A in growth rate and morbidity of respiratory and diarrhea infections. Methods: In a randomized clinical trial, 628 infant between 6-60 month...

Impact of vitamin A with zinc supplementation on malaria morbidity in Ghana

BACKGROUND Malaria is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among young children and is estimated to cause at least 1 million deaths each year especially among pregnant women and young children under the age of five years. Vitamin A supplementation is known to reduce morbidity and mortality in young children. Zinc is required for growth and immunity and we sought to replicate the study by ...

[Evidence of the impact of vitamin A supplementation on maternal and child health].

The aim of this article was to collect the results of systematic reviews and meta-analyses that evaluated the effect of vitamin A supplementation on child growth and maternal, fetal, and child morbidity and mortality. A detailed search was performed in PubMed, Cochrane Library, LILACS, PAHO, CAPES, USP Digital Thesis Library, and UNIFESP Collection Database. A total of 14 studies published from...