The importance of the sunshine vitamin

November 17, 2017 10:01 am

Vitamin D deficiency and diabetes mellitus are two common conditions that are widely prevalent across all ages, races, geographical regions, and socioeconomic conditions. With all the medical advances of past century, deficiency of vitamin D3 also known as the ‘sunshine vitamin’ is still epidemic. This is due to less outdoor activities as most people do deskbound jobs in this digital day and age and wearing sun protection that limits their ability to make vitamin D in the skin.

KATHMANDU, Nov 2: Children below five years across the nation are being administered Vitamin 'A' and de-worming tablets today and tomorrow. The Health Ministry has set a goal to administer vitamin 'A' to 2.7 million children from six months to below five years and de-worming tablets to 2.3 million children from one year to below five years.

KATHMANDU, April 19: As many as 2.28 million children between the age of six months and five years are being administered vitamin A and some 2.29 million with deworming tablets across the country today and tomorrow under the government's nationwide campaign for Vitamin A supplementation.