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Should universal distribution of high dose vitamin A to children cease?

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Up to $500m a year could be put to better use by stopping ineffective and potentially harmful supplementation programmes in poorer countries, say JB Mason, CS Benn, and HPS Sachdev;… Click to show full abstract

Up to $500m a year could be put to better use by stopping ineffective and potentially harmful supplementation programmes in poorer countries, say JB Mason, CS Benn, and HPS Sachdev; but Keith P West Jr, Amanda C Palmer, and Alfred Sommer disagree, saying that such programmes have been proved to save millions of lives and should be withdrawn only when robust evidence permits

Keywords: universal distribution; high dose; children cease; distribution high; vitamin children; dose vitamin

Journal Title: British Medical Journal
Year Published: 2018

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