Eight years after claiming that giving just-born babies vitamin A - TopicsExpress



          

Eight years after claiming that giving just-born babies vitamin A supplements as a public health intervention could save the lives of thousands of infants in South Asia, it now appears the benefits were grossly exaggerated. Now it is being admitted that the best way forward is probably a combination of strategies to address various health and social determinants such as maternal nutrition, family planning, delaying the age at first pregnancy, education and empowerment for adolescent girls and addressing abject poverty and food insecurity.
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 12:43:58 +0000

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