Posted on 11/16/2001 1:07:24 PM PST by maggie
Thousands of children fall ill in India after taking vitamin A under UNICEF program
The Associated Press
GAUHATI, India (AP) Thousands of children in India are complaining of illness after taking vitamin A as part of a UNICEF-sponsored anti-blindness program in the country's northeast.
A 2-year-old in the state of Assam died Monday after taking a dose Sunday morning, but authorities said they were not certain that the death was due to the vitamin intake.
"I would not like to conclude now on the cause for the sudden illness of so many children," Assam's Health Minister Dr. Bhumidhar Barman said.
The government has taken samples of the vitamin UNICEF was using and are testing it, Barman said. UNICEF said the test results would be available later Wednesday.
"I can't believe that the vitamin supplies could be contaminated. We need to wait for the laboratory tests before concluding anything," said Carrie Auer, UNICEF's representative in Assam.
The Assam government said it would take legal action if the vitamin supplies were found to be contaminated.
Local newspapers reported that thousands of children fell ill after taking the vitamin dose during the UNICEF-sponsored night blindness eradication campaign.
"A few children have come into our hospital, complaining of severe vomiting and high fever," said Dr. M. Borkakat at the Nagaon Civil Hospital.
Hundreds of children have been admitted to government hospitals in Nagaon, in central Assam, and the southern districts of Cachar, Karimgang and Hailakandi.
A UNICEF statement issued in New Delhi said a few hundred children were hospitalized with possible side effects "which are transient and nonfatal and children normally recover within 48 hours without any further consequence."
The statement said about 3.2 million children, all under the age of 6, participated in the program. In Assam, the statement said, the mortality rate among children younger than 5 was very high, at 90 per 1,000.
According to the statement, an average of 789 children under the age of 5 out of those 3.2 million would die from common childhood diseases on any given day.
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