Prevention: Vitamin A and vitamin D supplementation

Afghanistan (vitamin A)

Doses of vitamin A administered if child is 6 months old or older and has received no vitamin A in the previous 6 months:

< 1 yr: 100 000 IU

≥ 1 yr: 200 000 IU

Djibouti (vitamin A)

Doses of vitamin A administered:

At 6 months: 100 000 IU

At 12 months: 200 000 IU

At 18 months: 200 000 IU

Egypt (vitamin A)

Doses of vitamin A administered:

At 9 months: 100 000 IU

At 18 months: 200 000 IU

Iran (Islamic Republic of) (vitamin A and D)

Daily vitamin A (1500 IU) and vitamin D (400 IU), to be administered from age 15 days up to 2 years.

Iraq (vitamin A and D)

Vitamin A and D administered daily to children at 4-6 months up to 9 months

Vitamin D drops: daily to children at 4-9 months

Doses of vitamin A administered;

At 9 months: 50,000 IU with measles vaccine.

At 18 months: 100,000 IU with booster dose of DPT and polio

Morocco (vitamin A and D)

Doses of vitamin A administered:

At 6 months: 100 000 IU

At 12 months: 200 000 IU

At 18 months: 200 000 IU

Doses of vitamin D administered:

At birth: 600 000 IU

At 6 months: 600 000 IU

Occupied Palestinian territory (vitamin A and D)

Vitamin A (500 IU) and D (200 IU) drops

Oman (vitamin A)

Doses of vitamin A administered at 7 and 18 months

Pakistan (vitamin A)

Doses of vita¬min A administered if child is 6 months old or older and has received no vitamin A in the previous 6 months:

< 1 yr: 100 000 IU

≥ 1 yr: 200 000 IU

Sudan (vitamin A)

Doses of vita¬min A administered if child is 6 months old or older and has received no vitamin A in the previous 6 months:

< 1 yr: 100 000 IU

≥ 1 yr: 200 000 IU

Syrian Arab Republic (vitamin A)

Dose of vitamin A (200 000 IU) administered at 12 months with MMR immunization

Tunisia (vitamin D)

Doses of vitamin D (200 000 UI) adminis¬tered at 15 days, 6 months, 1 year, 18 months, and thereafter every winter until age 5

Yemen (vitamin A)

Dose of vitamin A (100 000 IU) administered at 9 months and (200 000) at 18 months