Vitamin A deficiency control: current knowledge and the interventive solutions for coming years in Vietnam
- Author:
Khan Cong Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
vitamin A
- MeSH:
vitamin A;
Solutions;
Vitamin A Deficiency;
prevention & control
- From:Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
2000;8():3-5
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Vitamin A is an important micronutrient for human health. It has a good effect on many diseases such as diarrhea, malnutrition, HIV/AIDS, malaria... Vitamin A and/or -carotene as well as other micronutrients contribute to many physiological and pathological process of the body. In Vietnam, the rate of Vitamin A deficiency remains high. Therefore, it should have a strategy for mass complement of vitamin A, high dose and periodical complement of vitamin A for children, vitamin A containing diets and health education.
