The international newsletter on the control of diarrhoeal diseases


About="#About Dialogue on Diarrhoea">Dialogue on Diarrhoea | About="#About Dialogue on Diarrhoea Online">Dialogue on Diarrhoea Online
All Issues and Supplements are available in: HTML, PDF

About Dialogue on Diarrhoea

Dialogue on Diarrhoea was an international newsletter on the control of diarrhoeal diseases published by Healthlink Worldwide (formerly AHRTAG), a UK-based non-governmental organisation.



The first issue was published in May 1980.The last of a total of 60 issues, during its 15 years, was published in May 1995. Published four times a year, Dialogue on Diarrhoea offered clear, practical advice on preventing and treating diarrhoeal diseases. It also acted as a forum for readers to exchange ideas and share experiences. Regular features included 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 addressed issues which affected health workers' and families' abilities for care for children, such as communication skills, organisation of health centres and hospitals, health education and training. The newsletter covered the latest developments, new ideas and solutions to problems, the organization and results of controlled field studies and the establishment of new national and local programmes in diarrhoeal diseases control in developing countries. While detailed scientific arguments are pursued in academic journals, this newsletter focused on promoting the exchange of practical information and experience related to the effective prevention and treatment of diarrhoea. Dialogue on Diarrhoea was meant for everyone who cares about unnecessary suffering and deaths from diarrhoeal diseases.

Who read Dialogue on Diarrhoea?

The newsletter's main audience was primary health care personnel working on child health. This includes: nurses, medical assistants, doctors, health educators, trainers, pharmacists, paramedics and community development workers. Health managers and policy makers also found the information in the newsletter useful.


About Dialogue on Diarrhoea Online The Rehydration Project has converted, to HTML and PDF formats, all="fullmenu.htm" target="_self">60 issues and 16 supplements of Dialogue on Diarrhoea and has produced Dialogue of Diarrhoea Online. There is much information in these issues that is valuable and useful. Online readers are reminded, however, that treatment guidelines and health care practices change over time. If you are in doubt, please refer to WHO's up-to-date="../dehydration/treatment-plans.htm">Dehydration Treatment Plans.

All issues and supplements are available in HTML and PDF HTML - Use any browser
PDF -
All Issues and Supplements are available in their entirety, together with all images in the Adobe™ Acrobat™ (.pdf) file format and is a true representation of the hard copy. PDF files are compact and cross-platform and retain the formatting, colours, fonts, and images exactly as the original issues of Dialogue on Diarrhoea. They can be distributed, viewed or printed. PDF files are also full-text indexed so that searching for information is simplified. The Adobe® Acrobat® format requires the FREE Adobe® Reader® Download and installation instructions are on the Adobe® website.

SEARCH for information from ourTable of Contents of ALL issues FIND the facts quickly by using theSubject Index LOOK UP information byCountry Reference LOOK UP information byAuthor ACCESS the issue you want by using theQuick Menu REQUEST an issue by email - as a text or html file by using the="fullmenu.htm">Issues Menu DISTRIBUTE, VIEW or PRINT Dialogue on Diarrhoea, in the original issue format, from thePDF Issues Menu