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Vitamin A administration in the context of measles is a complex issue that presents several challenges.
During my 30 years of working in children’s hospitals, I have had first-hand experience of how, despite decades of recommendations by the WHO and the American Academy of Pediatrics, vitamin A continues to be underutilized in the management of measles. As shown in a recent study in which I was personally involved, only about one-third of hospitalized children are treated and few with