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EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA |
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| Clinical Vitamin A Deficiency | ||
| Most Recent Clinical VAD Survey: Planned for October 2002. | ||
| Sub-clinical Vitamin A Deficiency No survey to report. |
POLICY AND LEGISLATION |
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Legislation on VAD |
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There is no VAD legislation in Eritrea. |
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In 1998, however, Ministry of Health developed a Primary Health Care Policy and policy Guidelines in which vitamin A is part of it. In this policy, vitamin A supplementation is indicated as the most cost-effective strategy for the elimination of vitamin A deficiency in the next 5 to 10 years. |
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Government Agency to Address VAD |
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The Ministry of Health. Their function is both coordination and monitoring. |
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Contact Information: Ms. Salma Mohamed, head of nutrition unit |
PROGRAM DATA |
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| Supplementation | |
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Vitamin A supplementation started in 1997 as part of the NID and is still continuing for all children between 6 and 59 months up to the present with a coverage of between 84% to 94%. |
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In 1999, 14,000 lactating mothers within the 8 weeks after delivery received vitamin A supplementation. In 2001, however, a second round was initiated as part of measles campaign and SNID for the sub-regions (districts) identified for these campaigns and attempts were also made to cover the rest of the sub-regions for vitamin A supplementation only. As a result, this second round of supplementation showed that about 79% ( 242,000) of the targeted children received supplementation. The second round will continue also this year and also with NID. |
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There is a policy to address supplementation for mothers within 8 weeks of delivery. They are to receive a 200,000 IU dose. |
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Children: | 242,000 |
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Women: | 14,000 |
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200,000 IU and 100,000 IU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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It is given as part of the NID and SNID. The measles campaigns provide supplementation but have their own campaigns in the areas where there were no other campaigns in the second round. In the first round, it is integrated totally with the NID. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fortification There are no current programs to fortify food. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other Programs There are no other programs to control vitamin A. |
MONITORING |
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Clinical and Sub-clinical VAD |
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There is a survey planned for October 2002. |
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There is no established monitoring system yet. |
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There is no fortification to monitor. |
PROGRAM RESOURCES |
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| Donor Agencies | |
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UNICEF provides over 90% of the assistance with the support of the governments of Canada, USA, and Finland |
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OMNI/TASC, USAid and other NGO's provide assistance mainly in the areas of advocacy. |
| Total VAD Program Funding History and Forecast for Country - Not Reported | |
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