The problem with Wazua is this faceless interactions with people who do not face the responsibility of their actions. The dose you just adviced middle and upper class parents to give is what is recommended by WHO for children in high risk group. High risk group is children who suffer and are at risk of suffering from vitamin a deficiency due to poor diet imagine dadaab camp.

200,000 IU of vitamin A every 6 months can cause chronic hypervitaminosis A in children and more so to children of these middle and upper class who already have other sources of vitamin A and have adequate stores.

Vitamin A is lipid soluble and will be stored in the body and can cause increased intracranial pressure.

To add insult to injury you havent said what age group. What happens when you give a 6 month old 4 times the recommended doses (50,000 IU) of high level supplementation?? Mind you the 50000 is already a lot for well fed kids! That can cause acute hypervitaminosis A.

Advice should always be taken with a pinch of salt!

While its good to critic,please note it is not good to cause alarm on issues that can cause public anxiety.Some of the information you have raised on hypervitaminosis (excess Vitamin A) arise out of the written literature by medical officers and manufaturers of such suppliemnts.In reality,such information is considered conservative to avoid medico-legal issues should anything happen.A good example is when health experts warn that one can get HIV by fingering a girl with cuts yet there is no case that have ever been reported to have resulted in transmiss ion worldwide for over 30 years of HIV or even kissing.

Back to Vitamin A usage.Here below is the revised recommended prophylactic dosage based on age.

6-11 months – one doze of 100,000 IU
1-5 years - 200,000 IU/6 months

Every infant 6-11 months and kids one to five years should get repeat doses every 6 months.
The dosage is ok especially to all third word countries nad cannot cause hypervitaminosis.