The World Health Organization recommends routine vitamin A supplementation during pregnancy or lactation in areas with endemic vitamin A deficiency (where night blindness occurs), based on the expectation that supplementation will improve maternal and newborn outcomes including mortality, morbidity and prevention of anaemia or infection.
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van den Broek, N., Dou, L., Othman, M., Neilson, J. P., Gates, S., & Gülmezoglu, A. M. (2010). Vitamin A supplementation during pregnancy for maternal and newborn outcomes. In Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd008666.pub2
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