55 children who are using
Mega-dose vitamin A supplementation
Food diversification (promotion and education on vitamin A rich food consumption)
Promotion of orange flash sweet potato production and consumption in collaboration with international potato center (CIP) in one of the study area

55 children who are using
Mega-dose vitamin A supplementation
Food diversification (promotion and education on vitamin A rich food consumption)

Vitamin A Deficiency

vitamin A supplementation normally given every six months for under five children in Ethiopia. In addition, there is also dietary intervention like orange flash sweet potato and promotion of other vitamin A rich foods to tackle vitamin A deficiency in Ethiopia.

Mega-dose of vitamin A supplement

Ethiopian Public Health Institute

Using Stable Isotope Techniques to Monitor and Assess the Vitamin A Status of Children Susceptible to Infection

Using Stable Isotope Techniques to Monitor and Assess the Vitamin A Status of Children Susceptible to Infection in Ethiopia

estimate the total body pool size vitamin A in preschool child in Ethiopia using stable isotope technique

Liver Vit A store (µmol/g) cut off <= 0.07

mean intake of beta carotene and dietary diversity score using 24 hour dietary recall

Weight for Height Z-score, Weight for Age Z-score, Height for Age Z-score and middle upper arm circumference

household (HH) family size, marital status of the mother, head of the HH, source of drinking wate, highest level of education the head of HH attend

medical history of the child enrolled in the study such as diarrhea, cough, fever, malaria, rashes, measles, vaccination, vitamin A supplementation, durg for intestinal deworming, iron supplementation.

tuberculosis/solanum tuberosum

Using Stable Isotope Techniques to Monitor and Assess the Vitamin A Status of Children Susceptible to Infection

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