World Health Survey 2003, Namibia

Namibia, 2003

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nam-who-whsn-2003-v01

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World Health Organization (WHO)

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Nov 11, 2016

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receive vitamin A (q6517)

Data file: WHS-Namibia_F5

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 1652

End: 1655

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

In the last 12 months did (NAME) receive a vitamin A capsule or supplement (like this)?

Categories

Value	Category
1	Yes
5	No
8	Do not know

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

These question (Q6517-Q6518) is to be asked only in countries where supplementation programmes exist. Vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of preventable childhood blindness, as well as a major contributing factor to the severity of several other causes of childhood morbidity and mortality. Deficiency in this crucial micronutrient can be avoided by giving children supplements of vitamin A capsule, usually every six months. This two questions ask respondents whether the child has ever received vitamin A supplementation in the last 12 months, and if so how many dose. If there is confusion, the interviewer should show the respondent a sample of vitamin A capsule.

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Questions to be asked to households with children under 5 years.

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