Africa: Think Vitamin D Deficiency Is Not Common in Africa? Think Again

[The Conversation Africa] The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, and the number of diseases associated with it, seems to be increasing worldwide. Africa is known to have a huge burden of disease, but little is known about the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency. In our recent paper, we reviewed and analysed all published studies that assessed the vitamin D status of healthy populations in Africa. The average prevalence of vitamin D deficiency was much higher than we expected.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - Category: African Health Source Type: news