{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["20(1)"],"submitter":["Gebremedhin S"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Vitamin A supplementation (VAS) in the postpartum period improves the vitamin A concentration of breast milk and vitamin A status is an important predictor of childhood survival. It is also known that Vitamin A Deficiency (VAD) is more prevalent in HIV-infected women. This study investigated the association between vitamin A supplements provided to HIV-positive women in the postpartum period and mortality and morbidity of their breastfed infants in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where the prevalence of VAD and HIV is high.<h4>Methods</h4>This cross-sectional study was conducted based on the secondary data of 838 HIV-positive women (309 vitamin A supplement and 529 non-supplemented) extracted from the datasets of 43 Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted in 26 SSA count"],"journal":["BMC pediatrics"],"pagination":["214"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7218630"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Postpartum vitamin A supplementation for HIV-positive women is not associated with mortality and morbidity of their breastfed infants: evidence from multiple national surveys in sub-Saharan Africa."],"pmcid":["PMC7218630"],"pubmed_authors":["Gebremedhin S"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Postpartum vitamin A supplementation for HIV-positive women is not associated with mortality and morbidity of their breastfed infants: evidence from multiple national surveys in sub-Saharan Africa.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Vitamin A supplementation (VAS) in the postpartum period improves the vitamin A concentration of breast milk and vitamin A status is an important predictor of childhood survival. It is also known that Vitamin A Deficiency (VAD) is more prevalent in HIV-infected women. This study investigated the association between vitamin A supplements provided to HIV-positive women in the postpartum period and mortality and morbidity of their breastfed infants in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where the prevalence of VAD and HIV is high.<h4>Methods</h4>This cross-sectional study was conducted based on the secondary data of 838 HIV-positive women (309 vitamin A supplement and 529 non-supplemented) extracted from the datasets of 43 Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted in 26 SSA count","dates":{"release":"2020-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2020 May","modification":"2026-07-15T18:19:02.872Z","creation":"2020-05-24T07:09:18Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7218630","cross_references":{"pubmed":["32404193"],"doi":["10.1186/s12887-020-02131-8"]}}