Coverage and factors associated with vitamin A supplementation among children aged 6-59 months in twenty-three sub-Saharan African countries.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The present study aimed to give an overall view of the pattern of high-dose vitamin A supplementation (VAS) coverage in twenty-three sub-Saharan African countries and factors associated with receipt of VAS among children aged 6-59 months.

Design

Cross-sectional data from the twenty-three Demographic and Health Surveys conducted from 2011 to 2015 in twenty-three sub-Saharan African countries were pooled. A multilevel logistic regression model was used to explore factors associated with VAS.

Setting

Twenty-three sub-Saharan African countries.ParticipantsChildren (n 215 511) aged 6-59 months.

Results

The overall coverage of VAS among children aged 6-59 months for the surveys included was 59·4 %. In the multivariable analysis, children whose mothers had p

SUBMITTER: Berde AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10260408 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature