- Diarrhoea - World Health Organization (WHO)
Diarrhoea, Diarrhoeal diseases, diarrhea, acute watery diarrhoeaDiarrhoeal disease is the second leading cause of death in children under five years old, and was responsible for the deaths of 370,000 children in 2019 The most severe threat posed by diarrhoea is dehydration During an episode of diarrhoea, water and electrolytes including sodium, chloride, potassium and bicarbonate are lost
- Diarrhoeal disease - World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO fact sheet on diarrhoeal disease provides key facts and information on scope, causes, prevention and treatment, and WHO response
- Diarrhoea WPRO - World Health Organization (WHO)
Diarrhoea, Diarrhoeal diseases, diarrhea, acute watery diarrhoeaDiarrhoea is defined as the passage of three or more loose or liquid stools per day (or more frequent passage than is normal for the individual) It is usually a symptom of an infection in the intestinal tract, which can be caused by a variety of bacterial, viral and parasitic organisms Infection is spread through contaminated
- Guideline on management of pneumonia and diarrhoea in children up to 10 . . .
Pneumonia and diarrhoea account for 23% of under-five mortality and were responsible for an estimated 1 17 million deaths in children under five globally Furthermore, pneumonia and diarrhoea were responsible for 18% of mortality in children 5–9 years of age, resulting in an estimated 86 000 preventable deaths globally in 2021 Existing World Health Organization (WHO) guidance on the
- 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 diarrhoea
Currently, zinc is not used to treat most cases of diarrhoea because the known benefits of zinc supplementation are still not widely appreciated by physicians and health-care workers in developing countries (33)
- Principaux repères sur les maladies diarrhéiques
La diarrhée, maladie que l’on peut prévenir et traiter, est la deuxième cause de mortalité chez l’enfant de moins de cinq ans
- Diarrhoea: Why children are still dying and what can be done
Diarrhoea 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
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