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VAC
(redirected from Vitamin A Capsule)

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AcronymDefinition
VACVacuum
VACVacant
VACVeterans Affairs Canada (Federal Government)
VACVacate
VACVacuum Assisted Closure
VACValve Anti Cheat (gaming)
VACVolts Alternating Current
VACVentilation and Air Conditioning
VACVelvet Acid Christ (band)
VACVulnerability Assessment Committee
VACVoluntary Action Center
VACVariance At Completion
VACVPN Accelerator Card
VACViolence Against Children
VACVolunteer Ambulance Corps
VACVictorian AIDS Council
VACVlaams Agrarisch Centrum (Belgium)
VACVisual Approach Chart (aviation)
VACVoluntary Action Cumbria (England, UK)
VACVisual Applet Configurator (Stockholm, Sweden)
VACVoluntary Action Camden (England, UK)
VACVitamin A Capsule
VACVersatile Advection Code
VACValiant Air Command
VACV Amphibious Corps
VACVoluntary Action Cardiff (Wales, UK)
VACValue-Added Carrier
VACVentriculoatrial Conduction
VACVictim Assistance Center
VACVinyl Acetate Council
VACVultures Are Circling (impending death implication)
VACValue Added Consultancy
VACVoice Activity Compression
VACVictims Advisory Committee
VACValue Added Channels
VACVital Area Center
VACVancouver Airport Chaplaincy (Vancouver International Airport)
VACValue Added Carbohydrate
VACVulnerability Assessment Certification
VACVerified Audit Circulation Company
VACValidated Account Code


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In Sumatra, Sommer, West and Indonesiancolleagues achieved striking reductions in childhood mortality through once-every-six-months administration of a high-dose vitamin A capsule.
New benefits seen in vitamin A therapy by Raloff, Janet / Science News
One high-dose vitamin A capsule, given to a child twice a year for four years, can prevent that child from going blind due to vitamin A deficiency (VAD).
More Than 500,000 Children Saved by Business Wire
With just two high-dose vitamin A capsules given to children each year starting at age one, for a course of four to five years, Schiffer and his team were able to wipe out the deficiency in the villages and eliminate blindness that usually resulted by age four or five.
Vitamin A May Be Our Most Critical Defense by Business Wire
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