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Flawed analyses and historical data inflate vitamin A deficiency in India to misdirect policy

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HSS and AVK are recipients of the Wellcome Trust/Department of Biotechnology India Alliance Clinical/Public Health Research Centre Grant # IA/CRC/19/1/610006.

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HSS designed the draft protocol of the CNNS with consultancy support from the UNICEF, India. HSS and AVK were members of the Technical Advisory Committee of the CNNS, constituted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Government of India, to oversee its conduct and analysis. HSS is a member of the World Health Organization Nutrition Guidance Expert Advisory Subgroup on Diet and Health. HSS and AVK are members of Expert Groups of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Nutrition and Child Health, and the National Technical Board on Nutrition of the Niti Ayog, Government of India.

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Sachdev, H.S., Reddy, G.B., Pullakhandam, R. et al. Flawed analyses and historical data inflate vitamin A deficiency in India to misdirect policy. Eur J Clin Nutr 77, 138–139 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41430-022-01164-9

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