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Control of Vitamin A Deficiency and Blindness
Author(s) -
REDDY VINODINI
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1991.tb12004.x
Subject(s) - xerophthalmia , measles , vitamin a deficiency , medicine , blindness , environmental health , pediatrics , childhood blindness , vitamin , optometry , retinol , immunology , vaccination , pregnancy , genetics , retinopathy of prematurity , biology , gestational age
Vitamin A deficiency and its obvious consequences, xerophthalmia and blindness, are endemic in large parts of Asia and Africa. The prevalence of this deficiency is particularly high in countries of South‐East Asia like India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Indonesia and Philippines. In African countries, most cases of childhood blindness are attributed to measles. It is most likely, however, that measles precipitates severe xerophthalmia in children whose vitamin A status is marginal.