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Efficacy of early neonatal vitamin A supplementation in reducing mortality during infancy in Ghana, India and Tanzania: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

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Title
Efficacy of early neonatal vitamin A supplementation in reducing mortality during infancy in Ghana, India and Tanzania: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
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Trials, February 2012
DOI 10.1186/1745-6215-13-22
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NEOVITA Study Author Group, Rajiv Bahl, Nita Bhandari, Brinda Dube, Karen Edmond, Wafaie Fawzi, Olivier Fontaine, Jasmine Kaur, Betty R Kirkwood, Jose Martines, Honorati Masanja, Sarmila Mazumder, Salum Msham, Sam Newton, Maureen Oleary, Julia Ruben, Caitlin Shannon, Emily Smith, Sunita Taneja, Sachiyo Yoshida

Abstract

Vitamin A supplementation of 6-59 month old children is currently recommended by the World Health Organization based on evidence that it reduces mortality. There has been considerable interest in determining the benefits of neonatal vitamin A supplementation, but the results of existing trials are conflicting. A technical consultation convened by WHO pointed to the need for larger scale studies in Asia and Africa to inform global policy on the use of neonatal vitamin A supplementation. Three trials were therefore initiated in Ghana, India and Tanzania to determine if vitamin A supplementation (50,000 IU) given to neonates once orally on the day of birth or within the next two days will reduce mortality in the period from supplementation to 6 months of age compared to placebo.

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Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Peru 1 <1%
Niger 1 <1%
Tanzania, United Republic of 1 <1%
Unknown 149 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 29 19%
Student > Master 26 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 14 9%
Student > Postgraduate 12 8%
Student > Bachelor 12 8%
Other 20 13%
Unknown 40 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 47 31%
Social Sciences 15 10%
Nursing and Health Professions 13 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 8%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 3%
Other 16 10%
Unknown 45 29%