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Vitamin D deficiency and prevention: Turkish experience
Author(s) -
Hatun Şükrü,
Ozkan Behzat,
Bereket Abdullah
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
acta paediatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02383.x
Subject(s) - medicine , rickets , vitamin d and neurology , pediatrics , vitamin d deficiency , vitamin , turkish , vitamin a deficiency , environmental health , endocrinology , retinol , philosophy , linguistics
A nationwide ‘vitamin D prophylaxis augmentation programme’ initiated in 2005 in Turkey reduced the prevalence of rickets from 6% in 1998 to 0.1% in 2008 in children under 3 years of age. The programme included free distribution of vitamin D drops to all newborns and infants (0–12 months) visiting primary health stations throughout the country. Free disposal of vitamin D to infants is an effective strategy for preventing vitamin D‐deficient rickets.