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The most affected areas are Africa and parts of Southeast Asia.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>The present study examined the use of vitamin A supplementation and the association between socio\u2010demographic factors and vitamin A supplementation in children aged less than 5 years from a cross\u2010sectional demographic survey of Pakistan. Odds ratios were used to express the association between the independent and dependent variables.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>For 10 906 children, the coverage of vitamin A supplementation was 68.5%, with regional variations of between 8% and 79%. A multiple logistic regression analysis was used on a nationally representative sample of mothers aged 15\u201349 years. The adjusted results showed that socio\u2010demographic factors such as a maternal age greater than 24 years, living in rural areas and regional variations were positively associated with vitamin A supplementation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>From the results of the present study, we conclude that socio\u2010demographic factors were influential on vitamin A supplementation in children aged less than 5 years. 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