An international vitamin A campaign.

An estimated 190 million children suffer from vitamin A deficiency (VAD) worldwide. Operation 20/20 dramatically decreases mortality rates in areas targeted by this program – by 23%.

Focusing on the underserved and those without access to facility-based health services, we connect infants, children, and lactating women to vitamin A. In addition, Operation 20/20 often combines vitamin A with anti-parasitic treatments that eliminate the presence of intestinal worms that contribute to poor absorption of vitamin A. This ensures that children at risk obtain sufficient vitamin A, decreasing the effects of VAD and advancing child immune function and survival.

Our high impact results arise from our focus on vulnerable populations through partnerships with groups who have a local presence and intimate understanding of the community being served. In doing so, we localize every project to apply solutions and proven methods for distributing vitamin A at the community level consistent with accepted best practices.

Operation 20/20 currently reaches about 10,000,000 infants and children, and another 500,000 lactating women annually in 32 countries on three continents.

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