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The Management of Diarrhoea and Use of Oral
Rehydration Therapy - Second Edition - A Joint WHO/UNICEF Statement
An estimated 60-70% of diarrhoeal deaths are caused by dehydration. Oral
rehydration therapy (ORT) can prevent and correct this dehydration and thus
prevent many of these diarrhoea-associated deaths. This technological
breakthrough offers important new possibilities for reducing the number of
deaths in children because it can be used throughout the health care system
and can even be administered in the home by family members.
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prepared by WHO/UNICEF
1992
30 pages -
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