Is Vitamin A Supplementation Programme Reaching the Most Vulnerable Children in India? New Evidence from Odisha
Sourav Bhattacharjee, J. H. Rah, B. Dashmohapatra, Santanu Bhaumik, Nina Badgaiyan & Victor M. Aguayo · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015
Objectives: Surveys in 2002-05 indicated that the prevalence of severe forms of vitamin A deficiency in India was three-fold higher among children from schedule tribe (ST) households than among non-tribal children. Scheduled tribes constitute about 24% of the total population of...
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10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21067