Akamaro ka vitamini A

Abana barenze miliyoni ijana bafite uburwayi buterwa no kubura vitamini A. Ibyo bikabaviramo ubuhumyi, urupfu cyangwa kurwara indwara z'ibikatu, iz'ibyuririzi bya Sida, iseru n'igituntu.Vitamini A iboneka mu mata, mu magi, mu mbuto zitukura n'iz'umuhondo ndetse no mu mboga rwatsi zimwe na zimwe.

Nyamara mu gihe umwana muto aba akeneye gusa ibiribwa bike cyane birimo iyo vitamini kugira ngo bimurinde ubuhumyi kandi umubiri we ugire ibivumbikisho bihagije. Gusa usanga mu bihugu bitaratera imbere, ibiryo bagaburira abana nta vitamini A iba irimo. Umwijima ubika vitamini mu gihe cy'amezi Atari make, kandi ikinini kiyisimbura gishobora gugabwa abana buri mezi atatu cyangwa atandatu cyangwa igategurwa mu biryo byagenewe abana, muri marigarine, amavuta yo guteka cyangwa amata yo mu nganda.

Learn more about vitamin A deficiency:

The Micronutrient Initiative
http://www.micronutrient.org/

World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/vad_global_prevalence/en/index.html

UNICEF
http://www.childinfo.org/areas/vitamina/index.php