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.
His first documentary, produced for Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, tells âThe Story of Braeden Reedâ, a young child with autism hired to act in the Lasse Hallstrom directed film, Dear John (2010). (Getty). Erik Anders Lang is the husband of music artist Sia. Lang is a director who has made documentaries for brands including Serato, Louis Vuitton, The Guggenheim, Honda, MTV and TED. His personal website reads: His work centers on the human condition and why we do what we do.