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1 Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore-641 043, IN
Source
The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, Vol 27, No 8 (1990), Pagination: 229-236
Abstract
Inspite of the realisation of the preventable nature of vitamin A deficiency and the possibility of short term and long term measures in its prevention, vitamin A malnutrition still is of a grave dimension in most parts of the world. Prevalence of vitamin A deficiency in countries like India still accounts for a sizeable percentage of preventable blindness. Though the nation-wide prophylaxis programme is a step in the right direction, community based interventions coupled with proper nutrition education probably is the surest and permanent step in its alleviation.
