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Bookmark or Share- The treatment of diarrhoea - World Health Organization (WHO)Compared to earlier versions, it includes revised guidelines on the management of children with acute diarrhoea using the new reduced (low) osmolarity ORS formulation and using zinc supplements, which have been shown to reduce duration and severity of diarrhoeal episodes, and revised guidelines for the management of bloody diarrhoea.
- Zinc supplementation in the management of diarrhoeaSupplementary zinc benefits children with diarrhoea because it is a vital micronutrient essential for protein synthesis, cell growth and differentiation, immune function, and intestinal transport of water and electrolytes (20–23). Zinc is also important for normal growth and development of children both with and without diarrhoea (24–26).
- Water, sanitation and hygiene interventions and the prevention of diarrhoeaHygiene education can address a number of practices, including hand washing after toilet use and before the preparation of food (8). Reductions in diarrhoea incidence have reached 5% for water supply at source, 19% for water quality interventions (results after 12 months), 36% for sanitation interventions, and 47% for hand washing with soap ...
- Diarrhoea: Why children are still dying and what can be doneDiarrhoea is one of the leading causes of death among children under five globally. More than one in ten child deaths – about 800 000 each year – is due to diarrhoea. Today, only 44% of children with diarrhoea in low-income countries receive the recommended treatment, and limited trend data suggest that there has been little progress since ...
- Diarrhoeal disease - World Health Organization (WHO)Diarrhoea is a leading cause of malnutrition in children under 5 years old. Source: Water contaminated with human faeces, for example from sewage, septic tanks and latrines, is of particular concern. Animal faeces also contain microorganisms that can cause diarrhoea.
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