A new research shows that giving Vitamin A supplements to children under the age of five in developing countries could save 600,000 lives a year.
The work published in the British Medical Journal was conducted by a team of UK and Pakistani researchers. The group evaluated up to 200,000 children in 43 studies and found that if children were given vitamin A, deaths were reduced by a monstrous 24%
And not only that, they also established that taking Vitamin A could cut the rates of measles and diarrhea.
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that, around the world, 190 million children under the age of five may have a vitamin A deficiency.
Vitamin A is vital for the visual and immune systems to work properly.
