Your links to Diarrhoea, Dehydration, Oral Rehydration and Good
Health
15 Jan 2009 PATH
is pleased to announce the launch of a new website, Resources for Diarrheal
Disease Control. This resource-rich site provides tools that advocates and practitioners
alike can use in spreading the word about the deadly toll of diarrheal disease and the solutions to stop it.
In addition to established interventions that include oral rehydration therapy, breastfeeding,
clean water, and hygiene, new tools like zinc and diarrhea vaccines bring new opportunities to re-invigorate interest and
investments toward addressing the second-leading cause of child death.
Presented in partnership with UNICEF, the website includes key documents and links to information on these simple, lifesaving
interventions, as well as highlights of in-country programs that are putting them in the hands of mothers and caregivers.
“I feel very afraid.” Evalyne lost her son to diarrhea in 2004.
The international newsletter on the control of diarrhoeal
diseases
Dialogue on Diarrhoea
Online offers clear, practical advice on preventing and
treating diarrhoeal diseases. Regular features include guidelines on diagnosis and
treatment, training tips, information on rational drug use, research updates and feedback
from the field.
In addition to information on clinical management, the newsletter addresses issues which
affect health workers' and families' abilities for care for children, such as
communication skills, organisation of health centres and hospitals, health education and
training.
On a regular map, the sizes of the countries of the world are in
proportion to their actual sizes on the surface of the planet and their
shapes are the same as their actual shapes. Here are redrawn maps with
the sizes of countries made bigger or smaller in order to represent something
of interest. Such maps are called cartograms and can be an effective
and natural way of portraying geographic or social data. Here are some
examples of Population, Gross domestic product, Child mortality, People
living with HIV/AIDS, Total spending on healthcare, Energy consumption
(including oil), and Greenhouse gas emissions.
Combata la diarrea: mantenga higiene en manos, alimentos y ambiente - 10
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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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The guidance is intended to help the medical profession to be fully
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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 on Diarrhoeal Diseases (including cholera)
This page 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 links above.
First Do No Harm:
Making Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS)
Safer In A Cholera Epidemic
Oral rehydration solution (ORS) is lifesaving therapy for
cholera and pediatric diarrhea. During a cholera epidemic in
Guinea-Bissau, we evaluated the microbiologic quality of ORS prepared at a
hospital and tested a simple intervention using special vessels for
disinfecting tap water with bleach and for preparing, storing, and
dispensing ORS.
Few coliform bacteria and Escherichia coli were recovered from tap
water; however, pre-intervention ORS contained numerous bacteria including
E. coli and toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1. In contrast, ORS
samples from intervention vessels had few or no coliform bacteria, no
E. coli, and no V. cholerae. Mean pre-intervention counts of
coliform bacteria (3.4 × 107 colony-forming units [cfu]/100 ml)
and E. coli (6.2 × 103 cfu) decreased significantly
during the intervention period to 3.6 × 102 cfu and 0 cfu,
respectively (P < 0.001).
This simple system using bleach disinfectant and special storage vessels
prevents bacterial contamination of ORS and reduces the risk of nosocomial
transmission of cholera and other enteric pathogens.
The Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN) Project maintains a collection of useful
resources on maternal nutrition, infant and young child feeding, prevention of
mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT), and more. Our collection offers a
variety of high-quality training materials, publications, web links, and other
helpful resources.
Water Supply and Sanitation Site Water Resources Management Water Supply & Sanitation
Water supply, sanitation and health are closely related. Poor hygiene,
inadequate quantities and quality of drinking water, and lack of sanitation
facilities cause millions of the world's poorest people to die from
preventable diseases each year. Women and children are the main victims.
Education
More than 50% of all child deaths are due to just five communicable diseases,
which are preventable and can be treated: pneumonia, diarrhea, measles,
malaria and HIV/AIDS. Malnutrition is an underlying factor that increases the
risk of dying from these diseases. Children are particularly vulnerable during
early life
Progress and barriers for the control of diarrhoeal disease
Prof Mathuram Santosham MD, Aruna Chandran MD, Sean Fitzwater MHS,
Christa Fischer-Walker MD, Prof Abdullah H Baqui DrPH, Prof Robert Black
MD
Discovery of intestinal sodium-glucose transport was the basis for
development of oral rehydration solution, and was hailed as potentially
the most important medical advance of the 20th century. Before
widespread use of oral rehydration solution, treatment for diarrhoea was
restricted to intravenous fluid replacement, for which patients had to
go to a health-care facility to access appropriate equipment. These
facilities were usually neither available nor reasonable to use in the
resource-poor settings most affected by diarrhoea. Use of oral
rehydration solution has stagnated, despite being effective,
inexpensive, and widely available. Thus, diarrhoea continues to be a
leading cause of child death with consistent mortality rates during the
past 5 years. New methods for prevention, management, and treatment of
diarrhoea—including an improved oral rehydration formulation, zinc
supplementation, and rotavirus vaccines—make now the time to revitalise
efforts to reduce diarrhoea mortality worldwide.
e-TALC is
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which provides an up-to-date, authoritative source of electronic health
information for health workers in developing countries who have access to
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more info
Diarrhoeal Diseases
Interactive Tutorial, Image Collection and Glossary CD-ROM
The Diarrhoeal Diseases CD-ROM, one of 8 in the 'Topics in
International Health' series created by The Wellcome Trust, provides an
illustrated introduction to this important group of diseases, their
causes, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control. Three complementary
resources are contained on this unique CD-ROM: a selection of interactive
tutorials, an image collection, and a glossary.
The tutorials include objectives, self assessment tests, a list of key
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Glossary an electronic glossary of medical and scientific
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This manual is designed for health and disability workers planning to set
up and develop a resource centre within resource-poor communities around
the world, and is aimed toward people operating on a limited budget.
Healthlink Worldwide uses this manual to support its workshops for
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Publisher: Healthlink Worldwide
Public Health Information and Data: A Training
Manual
Public Health Information and Data: A Training Manual supports
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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.
Learning objectives
To identify the common agents causing diarrhea
To identify the population-at-risk of diarrhea
To understand the clinical features and laboratory methods for the
diagnosis of diarrhea
To know the management of diarrhea
To know the vaccines and other preventive measures for diarrhea
Performance Objectives
Diagnose the common causes of diarrhea
Assess and treat dehydration
Select antimicrobial agents appropriately for different types of diarrhea
Apply preventive strategies for the control of diarrhea
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A Searchable Database of over 1,000 Internet resources useful to people
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In China, 85% of diarrhoeal episodes are treated with ORT.
About three quarters of the households in developing countries now use ORT
as defined before 1993, up from 38% in 1994. But only about one third of
homes now use ORT following the new definition, a more effective treatment
for diarrhoeal dehydration.
Loteria Nacional de Costa Rica
Ministerio de Salud, Costa Rica
Usted Puede Evitar el Colera:
1. Lavese bien las manos con jabon antes de comer y despues de usar el servicio sanitario
2. Lave bien los alimentos que ingiere, especialmente los que se comen crudos.
3. Tome siempre agua potable. Clore o hierva el algua de la que duda de su
potabilidad.
