Question

vitamin a supplementation and food fortification cut the risk of dying from which disease in half among children?
a. measles
b. whooping cough
c tuberculosis
d. meningitis

Explanation:

Vitamin A supplementation and food fortification are known to significantly reduce the risk of dying from measles in children. Measles can cause severe complications, especially in vitamin A - deficient children, and vitamin A helps boost the immune system and reduce measles - related mortality. Whooping cough (pertussis) is mainly prevented by vaccination, tuberculosis by TB vaccines and other TB - specific interventions, and meningitis has different etiologies and prevention methods not primarily related to vitamin A supplementation for reducing mortality from it.

Answer:

a. Measles