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Improving child survival through vitamin A supplementation
Ist Teil von
BMJ (Online), 2011-08, Vol.343 (7822), p.d5294
Auflage
International edition
Ort / Verlag
England: BMJ Publishing Group
Erscheinungsjahr
2011
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Quelle
Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Here, Thorne-Lyman and Fawzi comment on Evan Mayo-Wilson and colleagues' systematic review and meta-analysis on the effects on vitamin A supplementation on mortality and morbidity in children 6 months to 5 years of age. They say the meta-analysis is unprecedented in its depth and methodological rigor, incorporating a wider number of morbidity and mortality outcomes than previous reviews of preschool vitamin A supplementation. This is important because some previous reviews have examined either morbidity or mortality, but not both, leaving questions as to whether inconsistent findings may have resulted from differences in approaches to inclusion and exclusion criteria versus other sources of heterogeneity. They add effort should focus on finding ways to sustain this important child survival initiative and fine tune it to maximize the number of lives saved.