Rehydration Project

New news on diarrhoea, dehydration and oral rehydration

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:12:00 GMT

New news on diarrhoea, dehydration and oral rehydration.

What is diarrhoea and how to prevent it

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:12:00 GMT

Diarrhoea Prevention, Control Treatment and Management
What is Diarrhoea?

Why is diarrhoea dangerous?

How can diarrhoea be prevented?

Good foods during diarrhoea

What every family and community has a right to know about Diarrhoea

65% of all child deaths are from 3 causes

Diarrhea-from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Diarrhoea-WHO-Water Related Diseases

Diarrhoea-On-line Resources

Dialogue on Diarrhoea

Diarrhea Fact Sheet

Teaching Medical Students about Diarrhoeal Diseases

What to Do if Dehydration Occurs

Global Illness and Deaths Caused by Rotavirus Disease in Children

Diarrhoea-19% of the cause of all childrens deaths

Diarrhoeal Diseases-Interactive Tutorial, Image Collection and Glossary CD-ROM

Clinical Management of Acute Diarrhoea-WHO/UNICEF Joint Statement

Management of diarrhoea

Consensus Statement of IAP [Indian Academy of Pediatrics] National Task Force-Status Report on Management of Acute Diarrhea

Why is dehydration dangerous

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:12:00 GMT

Symptoms of dehydration
How to treat dehydration

How to prevent dehydration

Dehydration cause of 2.2 million deaths a year

Dehydration Treatment Plans from WHO Supervisory Skills course

Why rehydration is so important and how it works to save childrens lives

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:12:00 GMT

How Oral Rehydration Therapy [ORT] Works
10 things you should know about rehydrating a child

A solution for survival

The salts of life

The drink that saved my daughters life

Rehydration Challenges-For The Year

Solutions-The most effective and least expensive way to manage diarrhoeal dehydration

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:12:00 GMT

Home made solutions
Recipe for home-made salt and sugar solutions

Frequently Asked Questions about solutions made at home

Packaged solutions

How do I make the solution?

The Special Spoon from TALC-Teaching-aids At Low Cost

Breastfeed-Breast milk is best

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:12:00 GMT

Breastfeeding the first 6 months of life
Advantages and Benefits of breastfeeding

Weaning a critical time for diarrhoea transmission

Breastfeeding Resources

Breastfeeding-From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Breastfeeding-Whats New

Facts for Feeding

Birth, Initiation of Breastfeeding, and the First Seven Days after Birth

Breastmilk-A Critical Source of Vitamin A for Infants and Young Children

Guidelines for Appropriate Complementary Feeding of Breastfed Children 6-24 Months of Age

Recommended Practices to Improve Infant Nutrition during the First Six Months

Frequently Asked Questions

Breastfeeding and HIV/ AIDS

Breastfeeding and Maternal Nutrition

Exclusive Breastfeeding-The Only Water Source Young Infants Need

Mother-to-Mother Support for Breastfeeding

The Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM)

Complementary Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding and HIV

PMTCT-Reducing Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV among Women who Breastfeed

Replacement Feeding-Transition to Replacement Feeding by HIV-Positive Women Who Breastfeed

Oral Rehydration Salts [ORS]

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Made at Home
Treat Your Childs Diarrhoea at Home

Frequently Asked Questions

Rice-Based ORS

ORS WHO UNICEF Update

The Salts of Life

Rehydration Saves More Children

Low-osmolarity Oral Rehydration Salts

Low-osmolarity ORS

New Formula of Oral Rehydration Salts

Expert Consultation

WHO UNICEF Statement

New Formula will save millions

New Formula Studies

Low-osmolarity ORS Questions and Answers

Frequently Asked Technical Questions

Oral Rehydration Therapy [ORT]

Oral Rehydration Therapy

What is diarrhoea and What is ORT?

How ORT works

How is ORT administered?

What do the experts say about ORT?

Selling Survival

ORT-Celebration and Challenge

How Oral Rehydration Works

Management of Diarrhoea and use of ORT

Achievements and Challenges

25 Years of Saving Lives

Knowledge and Use of ORT

Communication and Social Mobilization

The Solution is in Your Hands

A Solution for Survival

Brochure-A Pocket Reference for Scouts

ORT-Elixir of life

ORT-Saved My Daughters Life

ORT-Success Stories

New Rotavirus Oral Vaccines

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:12:00 GMT

Rotavirus Vaccines
Global Deaths by Rotavirus

Zinc supplementation

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:12:00 GMT

Considerably reduces the duration and severity of diarrhoeal episodes

Hygiene, hand-washing and clean water

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:12:00 GMT

Hygiene, hand-washing and clean water

Water-Collection, harvesting, disinfection, storage

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:12:00 GMT

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
In 25 Years, Half the World Will Be Short of Water

Freshwater

Resources-Instructive approaches to health and development

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:12:00 GMT

Dialogue on Diarrhoea back issues
Clear, practical advice on preventing and treating diarrhoeal diseases

guidelines on diagnosis and treatment, training tips, feedback from the field ... and much more

Subject Index, Country Index, Author Index, Table of Contents of All Issues, PDF Issues Menu

Supplements

Epidemic Dysentery

Controlling Cholera

Diarrhoea and Drugs

Persistent Diarrhoea

Refugees and Displaced Communities

Shigellosis

Teaching tools and techniques

Breastfeeding

Practical Hygiene

Childrens Poster Competition

Weaning

Water and Sanitation

Immunisation

Growth Monitoring

Photographic Competition Results

Oral Rehydration Therapy

Slide Shows

A Simple Solution-198 slides-A Programme to curb the effects of diarrhoea / diarrhea in infants and young children.

A Kind of Living-78 slides-Life of a young boy, Babu, in a city.

Acute Diarrhoeal Diseases-36 slides-Clinical Features and Management

Diarrhoeal Diseases Interactive Tutorial Image Collection Glossary CD-ROM

Selling Survival

Combata la diarrea

Diarrhoeal Diseases Reference CD-ROM First Edition

World Health Organization [WHO] Links

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] Links

Worldwide Manufacturers and Suppliers of Oral Rehydration Salts and Solutions and Rice-based Solutions

Diarrhoeal Diseases Tutorial CD

First Do No Harm-Making Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) Safer In A Cholera Epidemic

Facts about diarrhoea, dehydration and rehydration

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Another child will die in the time it takes to read this sentence.
Facts for Life

What every family and community has a right to know about Diarrhoea.

Timing Births

Safe Motherhood

Child Development and Early Learning

Breastfeeding

Nutrition and Growth

Immunization

Coughs, Colds and More Serious Illnesses

Hygiene

Malaria

HIV/AIDS

Injury Prevention

Disasters and Emergencies

Facts about diarrhoea, dehydration and rehydration

Causes of Child Deaths

About Children

About Children at Risk

About Child Rights

About Women at Risk

About Water

About Hunger-Myths and Realities

About Environment at Risk

About Security at Risk

About Refugees

Ending Hunger-Now that we can, we must!

Breastfeeding protects babies

World Summit for Children 1990

Convention on the Rights of the Child

Summary of Convention

UN Declaration of the Rights Of The Child

Worldwide Population / Environment Assessment

UNICEFs GOBI FFF Programs

Frequently Asked Questions about diarrhoea, dehydration and rehydration

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:12:00 GMT

What to do if Dehydration Occurs
What is diarrhoea?

Why is diarrhoea dangerous?

What is dehydration?

How does dehydration occur?

What are the symptoms of dehydration?

How is dehydration treated?

What if symptoms of dehydration begin to appear?

How long will the effects of dehydration last?

What is ORT?

How does ORT work?

How do I use an ORS package?

How do I prepare an ORS solution at home?

Can the oral rehydration solution be made with dirty water?

Can the ORS solution be stored?

Can ORS be used for everyone?

What should be done if the child vomits?

Should feeding continue at the same time as ORT?

What sort of foods are good during diarrhoea?

Is it necessary to use drugs as well as ORT?

What can be done to prevent dehydration?

How can I protect myself?

Home-prepared and packets of ORS

When is it appropriate to recommend the use of home-prepared oral rehydration salts and when is prepacked ORS better?

Why is prepacked ORS referred to as complete formula and why is a home-prepared solution not as effective for treatment? Are they not both basically sugar, salt and water anyway?

Can potassium be made good by feeding potassium rich foods like bananas?

Does a home-prepared ORS have to be made of sugar, salt and water?

Apart from ORT, are there any other important aspects to the management of diarrhoea?

Links related to diarrhoea, dehydration, rehydration and good health

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:12:00 GMT

Expanded Links-Pointers to some important Public Health Resources

Information for Health Professionals

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:12:00 GMT

Health Worker and Professional Information

Get to know us and our work for children

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:12:00 GMT

Challenges for the year

Support Us-What You can do

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:12:00 GMT

What decision makers, communicators, the medical profession, and You can do
What needs to get done

How to get it done

What decision makers can do

What communicators can do

How to influence the medical profession

What everybody can do

Money Talks

Health Professional Information