4 times The increase in the proportion of children fully protected with two doses of vitamin A
Millennium
Development Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty & hunger
Target: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger
The progress on vitamin A supplementation has been outstanding. Coverage of children aged 6–59 months with at least one dose of vitamin A per year has increased by 50 per cent since 1999. Moreover, between 1999 and 2005, coverage with two doses per year increased more than fourfold and approaches 80 per cent in the least developed countries.
Source:UNICEF, Progress For Children: A Child Survival Report Card, November 6, 2007.
