Vitamin A deficiency causes blindness

Vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of preventable blindness in children.

The World Health Organisation estimate that 250 million preschool children are vitamin A deficient. Up to half a million children become blind each year as a result.

Here an IMPACT Bangladesh healthworker in Meherpur starts a child on a course of high potency Vitamin A supplements to rapidly protect their eyes.

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