Study | Country | Vitamin A supplement | Reported mortality reduction (%)1-150 | Primary reference |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aceh | Indonesia | Large dose every six months | 341-151 | Sommeret al 2 |
Bogor | Indonesia | Vitamin A fortified monosodium glutamate | 45 | Muhilal et al 10 |
NNIPS | Nepal | Large dose every four months | 30 | West et al 11 |
Jumla | Nepal | One large dose, follow up at five months | 29 | Daulaire et al 12 |
Tamil Nadu | India | Weekly moderate dose | 54 | Rahmathullah et al 15 |
Hyderabad | India | Large dose every six months | 6 (not SS)1-152 | Vijayaraghavan et al 13 |
Khartoum | Sudan | Large dose every dix months | (+6; not SS) | Herrera et al 16 |
VAST | Ghana | Large dose every four months | 19 | Ghana VAST Study Team14 |
↵1-150 6 months and older at baseline (1 year or older if younger children not reported separately).
↵1-151 Alternative analyses suggest at least 40 to > 50%.
↵1-152 As calculated from data in their publication, but not reported as such.9
SS = statistically significant (p < 0.01).
Reprinted with permission from Sommer A, West KP. Vitamin A deficiency: health, survival, and vision. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.