UNICEF: Over 140 million children at greater risk of illness as they miss life-saving vitamin A supplements
“Over 140 million children are at greater risk of illness, hearing loss, blindness, and even death if urgent action is not taken to provide them with life-saving vitamin A supplements, warns UNICEF in a new report released [Wednesday]. Two doses of vitamin A every year can save thousands of children’s lives, yet as the report finds, the coverage of this low-cost intervention fell alarmingly in 2016…” (5/2).