Factors affecting low coverage of the vitamin A supplementation program among young children admitted in an urban diarrheal treatment facility in Bangladesh

References

• Bailey RL, West KP Jr, Black RE. The epidemiology of global micronutrient deficiencies. Ann Nutr Metab. 2015 Jun;66:22–6.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Benn CS, Aaby P, Arts RJ, et al. An enigma: why vitamin A supplementation does not always reduce mortality even though vitamin A deficiency is associated with increased mortality. Int J Epidemiol. 2015 Jun 1;44:906–918.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Stevens GA, Bennett JE, Hennocq Q, et al. Trends and mortality effects of vitamin A deficiency in children in 138 low-income and middle-income countries between 1991 and 2013: a pooled analysis of population-based surveys. Lancet Glob Health. 2015 Sep 1;3:e528–e536.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wirth J, Petry N, Tanumihardjo S, et al. Vitamin A supplementation programs and country-level evidence of vitamin A deficiency. Nutrients. 2017;9:190.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ahmed T, Mahfuz M, Ireen S, et al. Nutrition of children and women in Bangladesh: trends and directions for the future. J Health Popul Nutr. 2012;30:1.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• World Health organization. Global prevalence of vitamin A deficiency in populations at risk 1995–2005. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2009.
   Google Scholar
• International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B). Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN). The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) The National Micronutrients Status Survey 2011–12. Dhaka, Bangladesh: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh. 2013 3:23.
   Google Scholar
• Imdad A, Herzer K, Mayo‐Wilson E, et al. Vitamin A supplementation for preventing morbidity and mortality in children from 6 months to 5 years of age. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010 Jan 1;12.
   Google Scholar
• Mayo-Wilson E, Imdad A, Herzer K, et al. Vitamin A supplements for preventing mortality, illness, and blindness in children aged under 5: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ. 2011 Aug 25;343:d5094.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• NIPORT M. Bangladesh demographic and health survey BDHS 2014: key indicators. Dhaka, Bangladesh and Calverton, Maryland, USA: National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT), Mitra and Associates, and ICF International; 2014.
   Google Scholar
• Welfare MoHaF. Strategic plan for health, population and nutrition sector development program (HPNSDP). Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. 2011.
   Google Scholar
• World Health Organization. WHO child growth standards, SPSS macros; [cited 2019 Jan 10]. Available from: https://www.who.int/childgrowth/software/en/
   Google Scholar
• Das SK, Faruque ASG, Chisti MJ, et al. Changing trend of persistent diarrhoea in young children over two decades: observations from a large diarrhoeal disease hospital in Bangladesh. Acta Paediatrica. 2012;101:e452–e457.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Janmohamed A, Klemm RD, Doledec D. Determinants of successful vitamin A supplementation coverage among children aged 6–59 months in thirteen sub-Saharan African countries. Public Health Nutr. 2017 Aug;20:2016–2022.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bendech MA, Cusack G, Konaté F, et al. National vitamin A supplementation coverage survey among 6–59 months old children in Guinea (West Africa). J Trop Pediatr. 2007 Apr 25;53:190–196.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Agrawal S, Agrawal P. Vitamin A supplementation among children in India: does their socioeconomic status and the economic and social development status of their state of residence make a difference? Int J Med Public Health. 2013 Mar 31;3:48.
   Google Scholar
• Grover DS, De Pee S, Sun K, et al. Vitamin A supplementation in Cambodia: program coverage and association with greater maternal formal education. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2008 Sep 1;17:446–450.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Adamu MD, Muhammad N. Assessment of Vitamin A supplementation coverage and associated barriers in Sokoto State, Nigeria. Ann Nigerian Med. 2016 Jan 1;10:16.
   Google Scholar
• Lima RB, Ferreira HS, Cavalcante AL, et al. Coverage and educational actions related to the national vitamin A supplementation program: a study in children from the state of Alagoas. J Pediatr (Rio J). 2018 Oct 12;12:4.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Choi Y, Bishai D, Hill K. Socioeconomic differentials in supplementation of vitamin A: evidence from the Philippines. J Health Popul Nutr. 2005 Jun; 23(2):156–164.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Semba RD, de Pee S, Sun K, et al. Coverage of vitamin A capsule programme in Bangladesh and risk factors associated with non-receipt of vitamin A. J Health Popul Nutr. 2010;28:143.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Berger SG, De Pee S, Bloem MW, et al. Malnutrition and morbidity are higher in children who are missed by periodic vitamin A capsule distribution for child survival in rural Indonesia. J Nutr. 2007 May 1;137:1328–1333.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Manary M, Iannotti L, Trehan I. Systematic review of vitamin A supplementation in the treatment of children with severe acute malnutrition. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2012.
   Google Scholar
• Institute of Public Health. National guidelines for vitamin A program in Bangladesh. 2008 Aug. Available from: https://www.nutritionintl.org/content/user_files/2014/08/FINAL-VERSION-National-Guidelines-VAS3.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Chowdhury F, Khan AI, Hossain MI, et al. Young children non‐immunized against measles: characteristics and programmatic implications. Acta Paediatrica. 2006;95:44–49.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• No vitamin A capsule campaign since April. New age. 2014 Nov. Available from: http://archive.newagebd.net/65318/no-vitamin-a-capsule-campaign-since-april/
   Google Scholar