UNICEF2007-11-132005-09-302007-11-132003http://hdl.handle.net/10625/27236The funds were utilized to provide operational support for vitamin A supplementation, covering costs related to transportation of vitamin A capsules from Nairobi to Somalia and within Somalia; storage of vitamin A capsules; distribution of vitamin A capsules. The Vitamin A supplementation was linked with Polio National Immunization Days (NIDs), targeting children between the ages of 6-59 months, and was conducted twice during both 2002 and 2003. Results of the nutritional survey conducted in Dinsor district (Central and Southern Somalia) a few weeks before the final report, showed that 70% of children had received an adequate dose of vitamin A.Text7 p.enMICRONUTRIENTSCHILD HEALTHDEFICIENCY DISEASESMORTALITYNUTRITIONSOMALIAEYE DISEASESINFORMATION CAMPAIGNSIMMUNIZATIONSOUTH OF SAHARASTATISTICAL DATAVITAMIN ASupport to provision of vitamin A in Somalia : final reportIDRC Final Report