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Trends in inequality in the coverage of vitamin A supplementation among children 6-59 months of age over two decades in Ethiopia: Evidence from demographic and health surveys.

Betregiorgis ZegeyeComfort Z OlorunsaiyeBright Opoku AhinkorahEdward Kwabena AmeyawAbdul-Aziz SeiduEugene BuduSanni Yaya
Published in: SAGE open medicine (2022)
In this study, we found extensive socioeconomic and geographic-based disparities that favored children from advantaged subgroups such as those whose mothers were educated, lived in the richest/richer households, resided in urban areas, and from regions like Tigray. Government policies and programs should prioritize underprivileged subpopulations and empower women as a means to increase national coverage and achieve universal accessibility of vitamin A supplementation.
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