Vitamin A deficiency and Ocular manifestation among rural children aged 6-15 in Tajikistan

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dc.contributor.authorAbdulla, Faizalen_US
dc.contributor.authorMirzoev, Saifuddinen_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-09T09:32:50Z
dc.date.available2025-05-09T09:32:50Z
dc.date.issued2024-06
dc.description.abstractVitamin A deficiency is major concern especially for the children living in developing countries. According to UNICEF, around one-third of children do not receive adequate Vitamin A supplementation. The present study focuses on Vitamin A deficiency and Ocular manifestation among rural children aged 6-15 in Tajikistan. Anemia is a major public health concern among women of reproductive age (WRA) and is associated with high maternal and infant morbidity and mortality. This community-based cross-sectional study was done vitamin A deficiency survey of children aged 6-15 in Tajikistan (rural areas). The study included a sample of children of mixed socio-economic status who reside in municipalities of high social vulnerability located in Tajikistan. The sample size studied in this survey was 276 children of aged 6-15 years, prevalence of vitamin A deficiency at 95% confidence level. In the current research, 169 (61.23) children had vitamin A deficiency, with anemia in 154 (55.79%) of them, iodine deficiency in 193 (9.92%), conjunctival xerosis in ocular manifestations, 0.36% of Bitot's spots, corneal xerosis in 1.08%, and keratomalacia missing.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsCentral District Hospital, Dangara, Tajikistanen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsNazarbayev University, School of Medicine, Astana, Kazakhstanen_US
dc.identifier.citationAbdulla Faizal, Mirzoev Saifuddin . Vitamin A deficiency and Ocular manifestation among rural children aged 6-15 in Tajikistan . International Journal of Advances in Health Sciences. 2024 Jun; 11(3): 4-10en_US
dc.identifier.issn2349-7033
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/244771
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherIJHS medical Associationen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber3en_US
dc.relation.volume11en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11220533en_US
dc.subjectVitamin A deficiencyen_US
dc.subjectOcular manifestationen_US
dc.subjectrural childrenen_US
dc.subjectTajikistanen_US
dc.titleVitamin A deficiency and Ocular manifestation among rural children aged 6-15 in Tajikistanen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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