ABSTRACT

Introduction ............................................................................................................ 352 Problem of Vitamin A Deciency .......................................................................... 352 Case for Vitamin A Supplementation in India ....................................................... 353 Description of India ............................................................................................... 353 How Is VAS Implemented in India?....................................................................... 355 Historic Data on VAS Coverage in India ............................................................... 356 Approach to Assessing the Design and Implementation of the VAS Program ...... 358

Search Strategy .................................................................................................. 358 Search Delimiters .............................................................................................. 359

Findings about the Performance of the VAS Program ........................................... 359 Physical Accessibility........................................................................................ 359

Service Supply .............................................................................................. 359 Distance and Time to Reach Health Facility ................................................360