Uganda’s efforts to address vitamin A deficiency miss the mark: Matooke has been the subject for vitamin A biofortification. Robin Nieuwenkamp/Shutterstock Vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of preventable childhood blindness. It also increases the risk of death from common childhood illnesses such as diarrhoea. There are several ways to fight this public health …
South Africa in the news: Vitamin D deficiency is a global health issue for the black community, finds new study from the University of Surrey: New research from the University of Surrey has recommended that people from the African-Caribbean community should consider increasing their consumption of vitamin D rich foods and taking additional …: “South …
Think vitamin D deficiency is not common in Africa? Think again: Exposure to sunshine for a few minutes is enough to provide sufficient vitamin D. GettyImages The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, and the number of diseases associated with it, seems to be increasing worldwide. Africa is known to have a huge burden of disease, …