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@article{193380,
        author = {Priyanka. Y. Patil},
        title = {Strategy of Government of India to provide Vitamin-A to infants},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {10},
        pages = {155-157},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=193380},
        abstract = {Vitamines are organic molecules that are essential to an organism in small quantities for proper metabolic function. Vitamines have different jobs to help keep the body working properly. Some vitamines help you resist infections and keep your nerves healthy, while others may help your body get energy from food. ‘Casimir Funk’ is considered the father of vitamin therapy. Vitamin-A is a group of vital micronutrients widely present in the human diet. Vitamin -A plays a key role in correct functioning of multiple physiological functions. Vitamin -A deficiency (VAD) is a major nutritional concern in poor societies, especially in India. Retinoides is a natural and synthetic forms of vitamin-A. Retinol, Retinal and Retinoic acid are termed as vitamers of Vitamin-A. 
Vitamin-A is vital to child health and immune function, hence in settings where Vitamin-A deficiency is a public health problem, Vitamin-A supplementation is recommended in infants as a public health intervention to reduce child mortality and morbidity. Supplementation with vitamin-A is safe, cost-effective and efficient means for eliminating deficiency of this vitamin and improving child survival. The majority of countries where Vitamin-A deficiency (VAD) is known to be serve public health problem have policies supporting the distribution of Vitamin-A.},
        keywords = {},
        month = {March},
        }