Strategies to improve treatment coverage in community-based public health programs: a systematic review of the literature

KV Deardorff, A Rubin Means… - PLoS neglected …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Community-based public health campaigns, such as those used in mass
deworming, vitamin A supplementation and child immunization programs, provide key …

Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of vitamin A supplementation programs in Africa: A systematic review

O Ezezika, S Quibrantar, A Okolie, O Ariyo… - Nutrition and …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) impacts over 50% of children aged 6–59 months in
sub-Saharan Africa, causing severe health issues. Despite the importance of vitamin A …

Cost-effectiveness of Vitamin A supplementation among children in three sub-Saharan African countries: An individual-based simulation model using estimates from …

A Kannan, D Tsoi, Y Xie, C Horst, J Collins, A Flaxman - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Vitamin A Supplementation (VAS) is a cost-effective intervention to decrease
mortality associated with measles and diarrheal diseases among children aged 6–59 …

Zinc supplementation for preventing mortality, morbidity, and growth failure in children aged 6 months to 12 years

A Imdad, J Rogner, RN Sherwani… - Cochrane Database …, 2023 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Zinc deficiency is prevalent in low‐and middle‐income countries, and is
considered a significant risk factor for morbidity, mortality, and linear growth failure. The …

Methodologies to measure the coverage of vitamin A supplementation: a systematic review

A Miglietta, A Imohe, A Hasman - Journal of Nutritional Science, 2021 - cambridge.org
Countries are increasingly transitioning from event-based vitamin A supplementation (VAS)
distribution to delivery through routine health system contacts, shifting also to administrative …