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Food and Nutrition Sciences, 2013, 4, 150-155 /10.4236/fns.2013.42021 Published Online February 2013 (/journal/fns) History of Vitamin A Supplementation Reduces Severity of Diarrhea in Young Children Admitted to Hospital with Diarrhea and Pneumonia 1,2* 3 1 1,2 Mohammod J. Chisti , Mohammed A. Salam , Abu S. G. Faruque , Hasan Ashraf , Pradip K. Bardhan2 1 1 4 2 , Sumon K. Das , Sayeeda Huq , Fahmida Chowdhury , Shoeb B. Islam , Tahmeed Ahmed1 1Centre for Nutrition Food Security (CNFS), International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh; 2Clinical Services (CS), Dhaka, Bangladesh; 3Research Administration Services (RAS), Dhaka, Bangladesh; 4Centre for Communicable Dis- eases (CCD), Dhaka, Bangladesh. * Email: chisti@ Received December 21st st th , 2012; revised January 21 , 2013; accepted January 30 , 2013 ABSTRACT Background: Although the role of vitamin A in childhood pneumonia in association with diarrhea is not fully proven, we did not find any published data demonstrating the impact of lack of vitamin A supplementation in under-five chil- dren who present with the co-morbidities of pneumonia and diarrhea. This study examined whether previous vitamin A supplementation was associated with reduced severity and duration of diarrhea and pneumonia for children presenting with both illnesses. Methods: All admitted children (n = 189) aged 0 - 59 months to the Special Care Ward of the Dhaka Hospital of icddr,b with diarrhea and radiological pneumonia from September-December 2007 were enrolled. We compared clinical features of the