Vitamin A Deficiency: Counting the Cost in Women’s Lives
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Over half a million women around the world die each year from conditions related to pregnancy and childbirth (WHO, 2004). The vast majority of these deaths occur in Asia and Africa, areas where prenatal care and delivery services are lacking and a woman’s nutritional status is often compromised. Sadly, the majority of women die from conditions that are preventable and could be addressed with proper maternal health programs, improved nutrition status, and better access to prenatal care and delivery systems.
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