Bangladesh is currently one of the very few countries in the world, which is on target for achieving the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4 relating to child mortality. There have been very rapid reductions in mortality, especially in recent years and among children aged over one month. However, this rate of reduction may be difficult to sustain and may impede the achievement of MDG 4. Neonata...

We evaluated the safety and efficacy of a glycine-based orally administered rehydration solution by comparing it with a standard oral rehydration solution (ORS) without glycine in a randomized double-blind trial in United States infants (age less than 15 months) given treatment for acute gastroenteritis as inpatients or outpatients. The response to therapy (stool volume and duration of illness)...

Rehydration strategies in children with severe acute malnutrition Background: (SAM) and severe dehydration are extremely cautious. The World Health Organization (WHO) SAM guidelines advise strongly against intravenous fluids unless the child is shocked or severely dehydrated and unable to tolerate oral fluids. Otherwise, guidelines recommend oral or nasogastric rehydration using low sodium oral...

Rehydration strategies in children with severe acute malnutrition Background: (SAM) and severe dehydration are extremely cautious. The World Health Organization (WHO) SAM guidelines advise strongly against intravenous fluids unless the child is shocked or severely dehydrated and unable to tolerate oral fluids. Otherwise, guidelines recommend oral or nasogastric rehydration using low sodium oral...

OBJECTIVE To compare the palatability of 3 oral rehydration solutions. DESIGN Prospective, blinded, randomized, 3-period, 3-treatment crossover trial. SETTING Emergency department of a tertiary care pediatric hospital. PARTICIPANTS Sixty-six children aged 5 to 10 years with concerns unrelated to the gastrointestinal tract. Intervention Each participant consumed as much of each solution as...

OBJECTIVE(S) Using nationally representative surveys conducted in Kenya, this study examined optimal health promoting childcare practices in 2003, 2008-9 and 2014. This was undertaken in the context of continuous child health promotion activities conducted by government and non-government organizations throughout Kenya. It was the aim of such activities to increase the prevalence of health prom...

the aim of this research was to use osmosis-ultrasound compound pre-treatment and studying the time of drying and the potentiality to rehydration in dried samples of kiwi fruit (hayvard variety). the samples were drained in three timed phases, 10, 20 and 30 minutes in room temperature in 30, 50 and 70 bx in ultrasound bath osmosis solutions. the results of drying time showed that by decreasing ...

In 2015, a cholera epidemic occurred in Tanzania; most cases and deaths occurred in Dar es Salaam early in the outbreak. We evaluated cholera mortality through passive surveillance, burial permits, and interviews conducted with decedents' caretakers. Active case finding identified 101 suspected cholera deaths. Routine surveillance had captured only 48 (48%) of all cholera deaths, and burial per...

AIM This paper aims to identify factors that systematically predict why some countries that have tried to scale up oral rehydration solution (ORS) have succeeded, and others have not. METHODS We examined ORS coverage over time, across countries, and through case studies. We conducted expert interviews and literature and data searches to better understand the history of ORS scale-up efforts an...