Vitamin A
Key documents
Vitamin A supplements
WHO/UNICEF/IVACG. Vitamin A supplements: a guide to their use in the treatment and prevention of vitamin A deficiency and xerophthalmia (2nd edition.) Geneva: World Health Organization, 1997.
Supplémentation en vitamine A
OMS/UNICEF/IVACG. Supplémentation en vitamine A: utilisation des suppléments dans le traitement et la prévention de la carence en vitamine A et de la xérophtalmie (deuxième édition.) Genève: Organisation mondiale de la santé, 1998.
Distribution of vitamin A during national immunization days
A generic addendum to the Field guide for supplementary activities aimed at achieving polio eradication, 1996 revision. Geneva, 1998 (unpublished document WHO/EPI/GEN/98.06)
Using national immunization days to deliver vitamin A
Expanded Programme on Immunization, World Health Organization. Using National Immunization Days to deliver vitamin A. EPI Update 33, November 1998.
CD-ROMs
Integrating vitamin A with immunization. An information and training package
This CD-ROM contains the essential information for the administration of vitamin A supplements within routine immunization, National Immunization Days, and treatment of sick children. The CD-ROM is available in English or French.
Copies of the CD-ROM can be requested from vaccines@who.int
Measles CD-ROM: “The child, measles and the eye”—”Treating measles in children”
This CD-ROM contains the revised and updated documents titled “The child, measles and the eye” and ”Treating measles in children”. Both documents include complete recommended immunization schedules and new information on vitamin A. The CD-ROM is available in English and French.
Copies of the CD-ROM can be requested from vaccines@who.int or can be downloaded below.