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The vitamin A supplement administered in "Prevention of nutritional blindness in children programme" contain –

A
25,000 IU/ml
B
1 Lack–IU/ml
C
3 Lakh IU/ml
D
5 Lakh IU/ml
High-Yield Explanation
According to vitamin A prophylaxis programme children between 9 months and 5 years are given 9 megadoses of vitamin a concentrate at 6 month interval. The first two doses are integrated with measles vaccination and DPT 1st Booster. For infant the dose is 1 ml equivalent to 1 lakh IRJ and in children it is 2 ml i.e. 2 lakh.

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