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Prevalence of Vitamin A Deficiency among Preschool Children in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- Vitamin A supplementation coverage and associated factors among Ethiopian children under five years: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pediatrics · 2025Pooled it
- Vitamin A supplementation coverage and its associated factors among children 6-59 months of age in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Overnutrition is a risk factor for iron, but not for zinc or vitamin A deficiency in children and young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ global health · 2024Pooled it
- Vitamin A deficiency among pregnant women in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International health · 2023Pooled it
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- Specific micronutrient practices drive dietary quality in Ethiopia's industrial urban communities.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2026Article
- Vitamin A deficiency: eye manifestations, knowledge, and nutritional assessment among Khalwa (Quran boarding school) individuals, Khartoum state, Sudan, 2023: a cross-sectional study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Article
- Consumption of Vitamin A Rich Foods and Their Primary Dietary Sources among Rural Preschoolers in the Gambella Region, Southwest Ethiopia.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2025Article
- Global burden and cross-country inequalities of nutritional deficiencies in adults aged 65 years and older, 1990-2021: population-based study using the GBD 2021.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Consumption of vitamin A rich foods and its associated factors among children aged 6-59 months in North Shoa Zone, Oromia regional state, Ethiopia.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Subclinical vitamin A deficiency and associated factors among pregnant women in eastern Ethiopia.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Keratomalacia and corneal perforation in vitamin A deficiency: Anterior-segment optical-coherence-tomography and histological findings.American journal of ophthalmology case reports · 2024Article
- Nutrition profiles of farm households across different farming systems in Ethiopia: Unpacking the determinants and implications for nutrition-sensitive interventions.Food science & nutrition · 2024Article
- Prevalence of Vitamin A Deficiency in Children Aged 6 to 17 Years - Western and Central Rural Areas, China, 2012-2021.China CDC weekly · 2024Article
- Coverage and associated factors of vitamin-A supplementation among children aged 6-59 months in Gondar City, Northwest Ethiopia, 2022: a community-based cross-sectional study.The Pan African medical journal · 2024Article
- Clinical vitamin A deficiency among preschool aged children in southwest Ethiopia.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
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- Determinants of good vitamin A consumption in the 12 East Africa Countries using recent Demographic and health survey.PloS one · 2023Article
- Global Burden of Vitamin A Deficiency in 204 Countries and Territories from 1990-2019.Nutrients · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundVitamin A deficiency is a major nutritional concern in lower-income countries. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to show the magnitude of vitamin A deficiency among preschoolers in Ethiopia.
objectiveThe present study was aimed at synthesizing qualitatively and quantitatively the existing literature on the prevalence of VAD in preschool children in Ethiopia.
methodsStudies were searched through the search engine of Google Scholar, Hinari, MEDLINE/PubMed, Cochrane Library, and Africa-Wide Information. Searching was made using the keywords/MeSH of vitamin A deficiency, xerophthalmia, night blindness, Bitot's spot, retinol, children, and Ethiopia. Data were analyzed and compared with the WHO threshold criteria to declare a public health problem. Heterogeneity among studies was assessed using a Cochran
resultsOf the 13 studies included in clinical analysis, 12 of them reported the prevalence of night blindness and/or Bitot's spot among preschool children in Ethiopia which was above WHO cutoff point for the public health problem 1% and 0.5%, respectively. The prevalence of night blindness significantly decreased from moderate public health problem 4.2% (95% CI: 2.8%-5.7%) in a period from 1990 to 2004 to mild public health problem 0.8% (95% CI: 0.6%-1.0%) in a period from 2005 to 2019. Furthermore, statistically insignificant reduction was observed in the prevalence of Bitot's spot in a period from 1990 to 2004, 2.2% (95% CI: 1.3%-3.2%) to 1.8% (95% CI: 1.2%-2.3%) in a period from 2005 to 2019. Among 8 studies on subclinical vitamin A deficiency, 7 of them indicated a severe public health problem (>20%). The prevalence of subclinical vitamin A deficiency decreased from 55.7% (95% CI: 39.8%-71.6%) in a period from 1990 to 2004 to 28.3% (95% CI: 9.8%-46.7%) in a period from 2005 to 2019, but not statistically significant.
conclusionsDespite the reduced proportion of night blindness and Bitot's spot, still both clinical and subclinical vitamin A deficiencies remain a public health problem in Ethiopia requiring strengthen intervention through the newly initiated health extension program.
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