Strategies to address vitamin A def

Strategies to address vitamin A deficiency include supplementation, food fortification, dietary diversification and modification, and public health and disease-control measures (Chakravarty, 2000; Ruel, 2001). The dietary diversification and modification approach involves changes in food production practices, food intake patterns, and traditional household methods for preparing and processing indigenous foods (Gibson et al., 2000). This approach has been reported (Gibson et al., 2000) to be the most sustainable, economically feasible, equitable, and culturally acceptable strategy.