Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) among children under five is preventable and treatable. We believe that integrating our seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) campaign with vitamin A supplementation (VAS) will contribute to a reduction in under-five deaths attributable to malnutrition, as fewer of these children will suffer from VAD. Given the current scale of SMC in Nigeria, SMC is a viable platform for increasing the coverage of VAS.
Country: Nigeria
Keywords: Capacity development | Community delivery | Research | Malaria | Malnutrition | iCCM | Maternal, neonatal and child health | Preventive treatments | Quality improvement | SMC | SDG3
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