Universal Vitamin A supplementation programme in India: The need for a re-look
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31/08/2010
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National Medical Journal of India
Vitamin A is an essential nutrient needed in small amounts for normal functioning of the visual system, growth and development, maintenance of epithelial cellular integrity, immune function and reproduction. The National Prophylaxis Programme against Nutritional Blindness was initiated in 1970 as an urgent remedial measure to eliminate the unacceptably high magnitude of xerophthalmic blindness.