Project Lead(s): Jena Hamadani
The JiVitA Project in Bangladesh will examine the effects of weekly maternal Vitamin A supplementation during pregnancy, along with newborn Vitamin A supplementation, with regard to cognitive development of children at eight years of age. The findings will help to elucidate the preventable effects of micronutrient deficiencies during critical early stages of neurobehavioural development on cognition of children at ages when they usually start school.