| Vitamin A Deficiency |
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| u | Vitamin A
deficiency increases the |
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| risk of severe
illness, and even |
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| death, from
common childhood |
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| infections such
as diarrheal diseases |
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| and measles. In
developing countries |
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| 200–300 million
children of preschool |
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| age are at risk
of vitamin A |
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| deficiency. |
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