Study: Vitamin A supplementation does not reduce maternal mortality

A trial in Ghana has shown that vitamin A supplementation does not reduce maternal mortality -contradicting previous findings from a trial in Nepal which showed a 44% decrease. The new study (ObaapaVitA) is reported online and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet and has been written by Professor Betty R Kirkwood, Professor in Epidemiology & International Health and colleagues in the Department of Nutrition and Public Health Intervention Research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), UK.

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