KATHMANDU, April 20: US Ambassador to Nepal Peter W Bodde and US Mission staff joined Vitamin A campaign launched by Ministry of Health and Population on Sunday. They visited sites in greater Kathmandu where children were receiving Vitamin A drops.
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Mission staff aided the delivery of Vitamin A to eligible children and educated them about healthy eating, according to the US embassy statement. Vitamin A deficiency was once a severe health problem in Nepal.
Two large community-based trials financed by the USAID in the 1980s found that child mortality could be reduced up to 30% through the distribution of Vitamin A to children aged 6 - 59 months.Based on the results of these two trials, the National Vitamin A Program was developed and since 1993 has been implemented by the Ministry of Health and Population with technical assistance from USAID.
