More Initiatives Need to Give Vitamin A

Experts in a research report suggested for more intensive initiatives for ensuring sufficient Vitamin A capsule to every newborn babies.

John Hopkins University, USA conducted a research in India, Indonesia and Bangladesh titling `effectiveness of Vitamin A on newborns`. The research report was handed over formally to Health Adviser ASM Matiur Rahman at his secretariat office on Tuesday.

Rolf Klemm of John Hopkins University presented a key report on the result of the research that said the key reason for blindness of a huge number of new born children is the lack of Vitamin A in this Asian region. The death rate is also mounting due to the shortage of this Vitamin.

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