31. Thirty-five percent of all school-age children show signs of vitamin A deficiency in the Philippines, Resurreccion said. 32. Breast-feeding can also prevent Vitamin A deficiencies . 33. _Vitamin A deficiency , affecting about 100 million young children worldwide, can cause blindness and impair immune systems. 34. Vitamin A deficiency has increased night blindness.35. Xerophthalmia caused by a severe vitamin A deficiency is described by pathologic dryness of the conjunctiva and cornea. 36. To battle vitamin A deficiency , UNICEF gives out vitamin A capsules when parents bring their children for immunizations. 37. At his death, Horwitz, an expert on vitamin A deficiency , headed an international consulting group on the subject. 38. Can't Vitamin A deficiency cause night blindness too, or does it merely make night vision take much longer? 39. Vitamin A deficiency may cause epidermilization of the ducts and squamous metaplasia and likely also contributes to infection.40. Vitamin A deficiency is usually coupled to an unbalanced diet ( see also Vandana Shiva's arguments below ).