http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2003/08/20/vitamin-a-part-five.aspxIt is known that vitamin A deficiency can lead to increased deaths in infants under 6 months of age. Researchers found that giving infants two doses of vitamin A (24,000 IU each dose) within 48 hours of birth significantly reduced early infant mortalityenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)