Vitamin A in the News
Articles featured below include news about or mention of vitamin A and the beneficial effects of vitamin A for good health. See also books about nutrition.
New portable test for and vitamin A and iron deficiencies
A new device to enable health workers to detect deficiency of vitamin A and iron in just 15 minutes has been announced by scientists at Cornell Univ, USA. It is hoped that this will assist with hum...
Health uses of the drumstick tree (India)
The drumstick tree thrives in India and also grows in the Philippines, Indonesia and Taiwan, among other places. The many and various uses of the bark, sap, roots, leaves, seeds and flowers of the ...
Violence against children in northern Mali
Reports of children are being killed or injured by explosive devices, recruited into armed groups and subjected to sexual abuse including rape in northern Mali. Closure of most of the schools in th...
UNICEF urges an end to child under-nutrition
UNICEF has appealed for nutrition security to be included as an essential part of every national development plan. UNICEF indicated that nutrition security is as important as clean water and as ind...
Benefits of Vitamin A supplements for children
Vitamin A could increase child health in low and middle income countries according to a recent study announched by scientists from Oxford University and Aga Khan University, Pakistan. The research ...
Measles campaign underway in Liberia
The measles vaccination campaign will also integrate Vitamin A supplementation, which can reduce deaths associated with measles by up to 50%, as well as de-worming for children below five years old...
Launch of the National Child Health Week and Measles Campaign in Zambia
The Ministry of Health in Zambia and partners, including UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO), have launched the Integrated National Child Health Week and Measles Campaign in Chawama comp...
UNICEF responds in Chad as children escape conflict
UNICEF is assisting thousands of children who are fleeing the conflict in the neighboring Central African Republic (CAR). More than 3,000 new refugees have arrived in Chad, in addition to the 7,000...
Four million Rwandan children targeted for life-saving interventions
During a week long campaign women and children across Rwanda will be reached with a package of key life-saving interventions to protect them from preventable illnesses.
South Africa launches its first Vitamin A supplementation campaign
South Africa has launched its first ever national Vitamin A campaign, which aims to reach a total of 4 million children over an intensive 12 day period ending on 20 September, 2008.
Health risks add to crisis in Ethiopia
Malnutrition and the threat of outbreaks of disease are adding to the humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia. WHO is working with the Government of Ethiopia and health partners to support the 4.6 million ...
UNICEF releases Child Alert on Afghanistan
Urgent appeal for funds for tsunami hit Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea
The childrens charity UNICEF has appealed for financial help to assist people affected by the devastating tsunami that swept through coastal villages on the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea las...
Sudan polio immunization campaign to protect nearly eight million children
An estimated 7.8 million children across Sudan will be targeted in the next round of polio immunization. Led by the Ministries of Health in both North and Southern Sudan, and backed by UNICEF, WHO ...
500,000 Liberian children targeted in vitamin A and deworming campaign
The Government of Liberia and UNICEF have launched campaign to administer Vitamin A supplementation and deworming tablets to more than 500,000 children. 519,000 children aged six to 59 months shoul...
