In lower-income countries, vitamin supplementation presents specific risks, including potential harms from high-dose vitamin A, the risk of iron exacerbating infections like malaria, and safety concerns regarding folic acid flour fortification potentially worsening neurological and cognitive deficits in individuals with low vitamin B12 levels.

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• vitamin A concept
• infections concept
• vitamin B12 concept