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Links to Diarrhoea, Diarrhea, Dehydration, Oral Rehydration and good health
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) serves as the national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States. CDC is recognized as the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people - at home and abroad, providing credible information to enhance health decisions, and promoting health through strong partnerships. |
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Safe Water System - A water quality intervention that
employs simple, inexpensive and robust technologies appropriate for
the developing world. The objective is to make water safe through
disinfection and safe storage at the point of use.
- Safe Water System Manual
- CDC
Yellow Book - CDC Health Information for International Travel
1999-2000 PDF Format* (1.6 MB) up-to-date and
comprehensive information on immunization requirements and
recommendations for international travelers - 235 pages pdf format
- CDC: Chronic Diarrhea Fact Sheet - Causes, Diagnosis, Risks, Treatment and Prevention - links also to Brainerd Diarrhea, Diarrheal Diseases in the Child Care Setting and CDC Yellow Book 1999-2000
- CDC: Diarrhea Prevention in Bolivia Through Point-of-Use Disinfection and Safe Storage - A novel water quality intervention that consists of water disinfection, safe storage and community education.
- CDC: Food and Water Precautions and Travelers' Diarrhea Prevention - Contaminated food and drink are the major sources of stomach or intestinal illness while traveling.
- CDC: Making Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) Safer In A Cholera Epidemic - A CDC evaluation using special vessels for disinfecting tap water with bleach and for preparing, storing, and dispensing ORS.
- First do no harm: making oral rehydration
solution (ORS) safer in a cholera epidemic
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Evaluation of a novel water treatment
and storage intenvention in Nicaragua
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Safe water treatment and storage
in the home: A practical new strategy to prevent waterborne disease
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Narrow-mouthed water storage
vessels and in situ chlorination in a Bolivian community: a simple method to improve
drinking water quality
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Diarrhea
prevention in Bolivia through point-of-use disinfection and safe storage: a promising
new strategy
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Low cost
safe water for the world: a practical interim solution
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Chlorinating well water with liquid bleach was not an effective water
disinfection strategy in Guinea-Bissau
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Water
distribution system and diarrheal disease transmission: a case study in Uzbekistan
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Reduction of fecal contamination of
street-vended beverages in Guatemala by a simple system for water purification
and storage, handwashing, and beverage storage
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Epidemic Cholera in the
New World: Translating Field Epidemiology into New Prevention Strategies
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Motivational interviewing
enhances the adoption of water disinfection practices in Zambia
Bacterial foodborne diseases and pathogens
General Information
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Major UNICEF Publications on-line,
News and Information, Voices of Youth, and The State of the World's
Children.
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The State of the World's Children 2005: Childhood under threat
Despite the near universal embrace of standards for protecting
childhood, a new UNICEF report shows that more than half the
world’s children are suffering extreme deprivations from
poverty, war and HIV/AIDS, conditions that are effectively
denying children a childhood and holding back the development of
nations. |
Statistical
Data
Every year, The State of the World’s Children report presents the
latest economic and social indicators on the countries and
territories of the world, with particular reference to children’s
well-being.
You can access and download the data in various formats: standalone
database, PDF or Excel spreadsheets.
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The Progress of Nations
The day will come when nations will be judged not by their military or economic strength, nor by the splendour of their capital cities and public buildings, but by the well-being of their peoples: by their levels of health, nutrition and education; by their opportunities to earn a fair reward for their
labours; by their ability to participate in the decisions that affect their lives;
by the respect that is shown for their civil and political liberties; by the provision that is made for those who are vulnerable and disadvantaged; and by the protection that is afforded to the growing minds and bodies of their children. The Progress of Nations, published annually by the United Nations Children's Fund, is a contribution towards that day.
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Water,
Sanitation and Health
WHO works on aspects of water, sanitation and hygiene where the health
burden is high, where interventions could make a major difference and
where the present state of knowledge is poor:
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Drinking-water quality
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Bathing waters
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Water resource quality
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Water supply and sanitation monitoring
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Water, sanitation and hygiene development
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Wastewater use
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Water-related disease
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Healthcare waste
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Health in water resources development
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Emerging issues in water and infectious disease
WHO
| Water, Sanitation and Hygiene links to
Health: Facts and Figures
updated November 2004
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Diarrhoea
- 1.8 million people die every year from diarrhoeal diseases
(including cholera); 90% are children under 5, mostly in developing
countries.
- 88% of diarrhoeal disease is attributed to unsafe water supply,
inadequate sanitation and hygiene.
- Improved water supply reduces diarrhoea morbidity by between 6% to
25%, if severe outcomes are included.
- Improved sanitation reduces diarrhoea morbidity by 32%.
- Hygiene interventions including hygiene education and promotion of
hand washing can lead to a reduction of diarrhoeal cases by up to 45%.
- Improvements in drinking-water quality through household water
treatment, such as chlorination at point of use, can lead to a reduction
of diarrhoea episodes by between 35% and 39%.
more
Health Topics: Diarrhoea
Fact Sheets,
links to descriptions of activities, reports, news and
events and< links to related web sites
and topics.
Water-related diseases
Diarrhoea occurs world-wide and causes 4% of all deaths and 5% of
health loss to disability.
Household water
The International Network to Promote Household Water Treatment and
Safe Storage
Drinking
Water Quality
Contaminated drinking water contributes to disease in developing
and developed countries worldwide.
The
International Network to Promote Household Water Treatment and
Safe Storage
Household water treatment and safe storage (HWTS) interventions
can lead to dramatic improvements in drinking water quality and
reductions in diarrhoeal disease
WHO Child Health
Water and sanitation related diseases fact sheets
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International Travel and
Health is a WHO publication that offers guidance on the full range
of health risks likely to be encountered at specific destinations and
associated with different types of travel – from business,
humanitarian and leisure travel to backpacking and adventure tours.
The guidance is intended to help the medical profession to be fully
aware of potential risks and to provide appropriate advice, whether
this concerns recommended vaccinations, protection against insects and
other disease vectors, or safety in different environmental settings.
Highly recommended. |
Selected WHO online publications and documents relating
to the Control and Management of Diarrhoeal Diseases and Cholera.
These links represents a convenient list of some online WHO publications
and documents relating to the Control of Diarrhoeal Diseases including
Cholera. It is not a complete list. These can be viewed in electronic
format online, or downloaded for offline viewing. For a
complete and current list, kindly select one of the WHO links above.
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International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
The ICDDR,B, has earned the reputation as the leading international health
research centre located in a developing country. It is the birthplace of
research that now forms the core of the world's knowledge of diarrhoeal
diseases, and led to the development of Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS).
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Explore Sustainable
Development
Development Education Program's - DEPweb - World Bank
Students and teachers, welcome to DEPweb, the World Bank's web site of
classroom-ready sustainable development materials designed especially for you.
Here you'll find online books and learning modules brimming with activities,
information, data tables, case studies, and colorful maps, charts, and photos
that will help you explore the often complex yet intriguing social, economic,
and environmental issues of sustainable development.
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Healthlink Worldwide works to
improve the health of poor and vulnerable communities by strengthening the provision, use
and impact of information. |
Healthlink Worldwide does this by:
- communicating about health issues
- promoting the development of good policy and practice
- providing training in information management and dissemination
- supporting partners in health information and publishing activities. |
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 Exchange
works to improve the health and quality of life of poor people by
encouraging the exchange of relevant knowledge, information and
experience.
Exchange promotes learning and encourages sharing of information about
effective health communication, undertakes advocacy to engender a more
favourable climate in which health communication activities can flourish,
and maintains a brokerage role to help match health communication needs to
available resources.
The Exchange programme is hosted by Healthlink
Worldwide and supported by the UK Department
for International Development (DFID).
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The People's
Health Movement (PHM) is a growing coalition of grassroots
organisations dedicated to changing the prevailing health care delivery
system. This system is considered to be failing to serve the deteriorating
health of most of the poor worldwide.
The goal of the People’s Health Movement is to re-establish health and
equitable development as top priorities in local, national and international
policy-making, with primary health care being the strategy to achieve these
priorities.
The Movement aims to draw on and support people’s movements in their
struggles to build long-term and sustainable solutions to health problems.
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 Healthy
Documents is a compilation of resolutions, declarations and charters
on health made at international meetings and also related UN instruments,
such as international covenants, treaties, programmes and platforms of
action which support these declarations and which are ratified by various
governments. The declarations and UN instruments are in the areas of medical
ethics, health rights, public health, health and social development,
nutrition, children's health and women's health. It also showcases two
organisations' advocacy work as an inspiring example of implementing a UN
instrument and in realizing an international declaration. This publication
is a source of useful information and an important action tool for advocacy
to promote people's health.
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 Dr. R. K.
Anand's Guide to Child Care is for pregnant
mothers and
parents of infants, young children, and teenagers. A definitive guide to the
parent on pregnancy and childrearing from infancy to the teenage years.
Authored by one of India's foremost paediatricians and an internationally
renowned authority on breastfeeding.
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 Resource
Centre Manual - Practical information on all aspects of setting up and managing a resource centre, from planning, fundraising and finding a suitable location, to collecting and organising materials, developing information services, managing databases and websites, and monitoring and evaluating the work of the resource centre.
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 AIDS action
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Aimed at health workers, educators and community workers, these resources
provide practical information on a wide range of care, support and
prevention issues concerning HIV, AIDS and sexually transmitted infections
(STIs).
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 The World Alliance for
Breastfeeding Action (WABA)
Protects, Promotes and Supports Breastfeeding Worldwide
The World Alliance for
Breastfeeding Action (WABA) is a global network of individuals and organisations concerned with the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding based on the Innocenti Declaration, the Ten Links for Nurturing the Future and the WHO/UNICEF Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding. Its core partners are International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN), La Leche League International
(LLLI), International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA), Wellstart International, Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) and LINKAGES. WABA is in consultative status with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
(ECOSOC).
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 i-Quench.org/eDevelopment is a recent web portal dedicated to
exploring new and emerging ICTs for development in India in the
areas of health, education, poverty alleviation, agriculture,
micro-finance, e-governance, trade of goods and services,
market-based information dissemination - all leading to ICTs-supported
holistic community development.
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OneWorld is a community of over 1500 organisations working for
social justice. |
The World Bank Group site invites your exploration! You will find a wide
array of rich and timely resources including financial and economic data, regional,
country-specific, and topical information, as well as information on World Bank
Publications and projects.
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Values education for children and young adults
Living Values:
An Educational Program is a comprehensive
values education program. This innovative global character education
program offers a wide variety of experiential values activities and
practical methodologies to teachers, facilitators, parents and
caregivers that enable children and young adults to explore and develop
twelve universal values.
The purpose of Living Values is to provide guiding principles and tools
for the development of the whole person, recognizing that the
individual is comprised of physical, intellectual, emotional, and
spiritual dimensions.
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A Searchable Database of Internet Resources in
Population, Health and Development
Netlinks is a database of over 1,000 Internet resources (compiled and maintained by the
Media/Materials Clearinghouse) useful to people working in health, population, and
international development. Because these are interdisciplinary fields that include public
health, health education, demography, environment, communication, public policy and
others, links are made to a wide variety of organizations and government agencies. Each
entry includes, in addition to a link to the resource, a brief description, a link to the
E-mail address, the street address, phone number, and fax number when available.
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SATELLIFE, a non profit organization, provides electronic
newsletters and discussion groups to health professionals such as physicians,
professors, medical students, program managers and others living in the developing
world.
All you need is an email address!
For more information autoinfo@usa.healthnet.org
SATELLIFE'S
Free Health Information Services
SATELLIFE offers specially-designed information services
Newsletters | Discussion
Groups | Access
to the world wide web via Email |
Cholera,
diarrhea & dysentery reports - ProMED
NEWSLETTERS: Electronic Publications
To subscribe to any of these newsletters please write to hnet@usa.healthenet.org
HealthNet News
features current, peer-reviewed, practical, clinical and public health information from medical journals such as The Lancet,
BMJ,
etc.
HealthNet
News-AIDS
features current, medical information specifically on HIV/AIDS in Africa taken from peer-reviewed medical journals.
Child Health
Dialogue
concentrates on issues of primary child health and disease prevention.
AIDS Action
provides practical information on issues of AIDS prevention and care.
Health Action
emphasizes the implementation of primary health care programs world-
wide.
CBR News
provides practical solutions for disabled individuals to work within
their community.
DISCUSSION GROUPS - Electronic Conferences
To subscribe to any of these discussion groups please write to hnet@usa.healthenet.org
ProCAARE
HIV/AIDS/STDs
ProCOR
Cardiovascular Health in the developing World
AFRO-NETS
African Networks for Health Research and Development
E-DRUG
Essential Drugs in the Developing World (English Version)
E-MED
Essential Drugs in the Developing World (French Version)
E-Farmacos
Essential Drugs in the Developing World (Spanish Version)
INDICES
International Network on Drug Information Centres
GETWEB - ACCESS TO THE WORLD WIDE WEB VIA EMAIL
GetWeb is available to health professionals who have e-mail only and
wish to access the Internet. GetWeb retrieves a particular web site
as text and returns it as an email message to you!
To retrieve text from a specific web page on our site:
1. Compose a new e-mail message to the following address:
getweb@usa.healthnet.org
2. Leave the Subject line blank. In the body of the message, type the command 'get' followed by the URL of the Web page you want to retrieve.
3. Type 'begin' before your request, and 'end' after your request. (If your mailer software automatically inserts unwanted text (a signature, for example) at the beginning or end of your message, an error will occur. The GetWeb server ignores any text that appears before or after the block.)
For example, to retrieve the SATELLIFE home page, your message will look
like the following:
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4. Send your message. You should receive the requested text in your mailbox shortly. |
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Free access to journals of BMJ Group
Countries
with Free Access
eAnnals of the Rheumatic Diseases
eArchives of Disease in Childhood
bmj.com
eBritish Journal of Ophthalmology
eBritish Journal of Sports Medicine
eEmergency Medicine Journal
Evidence-Based Medicine
Evidence-Based Mental Health
Evidence-Based Nursing
eGut
eHeart
eJournal of Clinical Pathology
eJournal of Epidemiology & Community Health
eJournal of Medical Ethics
eJournal of Medical Genetics
eJournal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, & Psychiatry
eMedical Humanities
eMolecular Pathology
eOccupational and Environmental Medicine
ePostgraduate Medical Journal
eQuality in Health Care
eSexually Transmitted Infections
eThorax
eTobacco Control
eWestern Journal of Medicine
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The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council is a leading international organisation that enhances collaboration in the water supply and sanitation sector, specifically in order to attain universal coverage of water and sanitation services for poor people around the world. WSSCC is really a cross between a professional association and an international NGO. It operates with a mandate from the United National General Assembly.
The mission of the Council is “to accelerate the achievement of sustainable water, sanitation and waste management services to all people, with special attention to the unserved poor, by enhancing collaboration among developing countries and external support agencies and through concerted action programmes”.
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Child Health
Foundation's mission is "to save the greatest number
of children's lives at the lowest possible cost." They accomplish this through their
unique network of health professionals and organizations committed to improving health
policies and practices. They operate as an independent agent of change, seeking and
promoting more effective, easily-delivered and less-expensive methods to prevent illness
and death of children. They focus on prevention and treatment of dehydration from
diarrheal diseases, which debilitate and kill millions of infants and children worldwide
every year. |
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A catalyst for global health
PATH improves the health of people
around the world by advancing technologies, strengthening systems, and
encouraging healthy behavior. |
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The mission of the Rotavirus
Vaccine Program is to reduce child morbidity and mortality from
diarrhoeal disease by accelerating the availability of rotavirus
vaccines appropriate for use in developing countries. |
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 University of Zambia - Medical Library
The Guide to Medical Resources is designed to locate useful medical
information quickly and efficiently. The Guide has brief annotations and links to selected
www health sites, electronic journals and directories as well as Internet search engines.
The primary objective of this web site is to assist users from developing countries in
accessing relevant medical information from the Internet.
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Children's House
is a cooperate initiative by AIFS, CIDEF, Children's Rights Centre,
Childwatch,
Consultative Group, CRIN, Family Life Development Centre, IIN, NOSEB, Radda
Barnen, ISCA,
UNICEF, UNESCO, World Bank and WHO. |
Children's House is an interactive resource center - a meeting place for the exchange of
information that serves the well being of children. Dedicated to supporting the generation
and dissemination of knowledge about children's issues, Children's House facilitates the
translation of the benefits of research and programming into policy and practice. |
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The
Hunger Project is a strategic organization and global
movement committed to the sustainable end of world hunger.
In Africa, Asia and Latin America, they empower
local people to create lasting society-wide progress in health,
education, nutrition and family incomes. They apply a two-prong
strategy: mobilizing grassroots self-reliant action, and mobilizing
local leadership to clear away obstacles to enable grassroots action
to succeed.
Their highest priority is the empowerment of women. Women bear primary
responsibility for family health, education and nutrition – yet, by
tradition, culture and law they are denied the means, information and
freedom of action to fulfill their responsibility. The Hunger Project
is committed to transforming this condition.
You can play a vital role in this global effort. To
learn more, please visit The Hunger
Project web site. |
Child Rights Information
Network
CRIN is a global network of children's rights
organisations striving to improve the lives of children by - :
exchanging information about children's rights; promoting the UN
Convention on the Rights of the Child; developing networking tools and
capacity building.
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Centre for Europe's Children
Documentation Centre on child rights; exchanging information about
children's rights; promoting the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child;
promoting research into rights of children; library of rights information.
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Free - direct links to online journals offering full text articles
The Free Medical Journals Site is dedicated to
the promotion of free access to medical journals over the Internet. Within
the next three years, the most important medical journals will be available
online, free and in full-text. The access to free scientific knowledge will have
a major impact on medical practice and attract Internet visitors to these
journals.
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PubMed, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), provides access to over 11 million citations from MEDLINE and additional life science journals.
PubMed provides links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources
- The PubMed web site
- For in-depth help in using PubMed, click on the links on the PubMed
web site:
Overview (background information and coverage)
FAQs (general troubleshooting) and
Help (detailed help on searching)
The full range of training information and documents from the NLM
PubMed guides compiled by medical libraries for their users are available on the Internet.
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Reading
- Diarrhea - A look at what this is, the causes, symptoms, diarrhea in children, dehydration, when to consult a doctor, testing, treatment and preventing travelers diarrhea.
- Diarrhea: AIDS Related Conditions - Includes numerous articles and resources on AIDS-related diarrhea conditions, from The Body. Other infections and complications.
- Diarrhea Prevention and Treatment - Prevention.com information on causes, treating and avoiding diarrhea, plus links to related resources.
- Diarrhoea and Vomiting
- Information and advice about diarrhoea and vomiting.
- Diarrhoeal Diseases Tutorial - This CD-ROM provides an illustrated introduction, causes, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control. Educational materials for medical and life sciences students, their teachers and other health care professionals.
- Effects of the El Nino on Diarrheal Diseases - A PowerPoint slide show on the effects of the El Nino phenomenon and ambient temperature on hospital admissions for diarrheal disease.
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The International Community for the Relief of Starvation and Suffering
