Vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of preventable childhood blindness and is critical to achieving Millennium Development Goal 4:2 to reduce child mortality.pproximately 250,000 to 500,000 malnourished children in the developing world go blind each year from a deficiency of vitamin A, approximately half of whom die within a year of becoming blind. The United Nations Special Session on Children in 2002 set a goal of the elimination of VAD by 2010.
Aussie Sia is responsible for some of the biggest hits of the past five years Who is Sia? Whatâs her background? Singer-songwriter Sia Furler â known professionally as simply Sia â was born into a musical family in Adelaide on 18 December, 1975. She started a career in a local acid jazz band and released an unheralded solo album, before moving to London in 1997.
Always a mournful tune, this updated version somehow gets even dreamier, and that's because it's Sia doing the vocals. Of course it's Sia. The full song is below, so you can feel weird about your California obsession or get excited about the impending release of The Rock in San Andreas this week, if that's your thing.