AIDS, Malaria Eclipse the Biggest Child-Killers Nov 20, 2009
"It is so preventable," said Dr. Richard Cash, a Harvard University expert who helped develop the oral rehydration therapy 40 years ago. "Preventing the deaths is at the very least what we should be striving for.". (Newsmax)
Prioritizing low-cost, simple health measures would save 2.5 million child lives a year Nov 16, 2009
Child mortality has decreased in all regions of the world because of increased access to interventions such as oral rehydration therapy and immunizations and further progress can be made by expanding those approaches, emphasizing hand washing with soap and providing needed vitamins, among other basic steps ... Key child health core interventions include: appropriate breastfeeding, essential newborn care, hand washing with soap, appropriate complementary feeding, adequate iron, vitamin A... (EurekAlert!)
UNICEF, WHO launch report on 2nd greatest killer of children Oct 15, 2009
Oral rehydration therapy is the cornerstone of fluid replacement and the new low-osmolarity formula of oral rehydrationsalts (ORS) is a simple, inexpensive and life-saving remedy that prevents dehydration in children suffering diarrhoea ... Campaigns targeting childhood diarrhoea in the 1970s and 1980s achieved success by educating caregivers and scaling up oral rehydration therapy to prevent dehydration. (Xinhuanet, China)
Mozambique: Infant and Child Mortality Rates Fall Oct 7, 2009
Less than half these children (47 per cent) received the life saving oral rehydration therapy. The most disturbing statistic is that malnutrition remains at very high levels among Mozambican children. (allAfrica.com)
Africa: Moves to Decrease Aids Funding Slammed Jul 23, 2009
"There was a big increase in oral rehydration therapy and immunization in the 80s, but it changed when the donor fashion changed and now only 50% of children in Africa are being immunized. So you need to ask where we are heading if they so easily deserted basic and simple programmes while we know ARVs are much more complex," said Sanders. Stephen Lewis of AIDS-free World called for people to fight the good fight over enlarging the pie "or everyone will lose". (allAfrica.com)
WHO: Japan, San Marino top life-expectancy list May 22, 2009
The increased use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets for malaria, oral rehydration therapy for diarrhea, better access to vaccines and improved water and sanitation in developing countries are proving particularly effective, he said. "The signs are really encouraging for many countries, and they weren't encouraging in the 1990s," said WHO's director of statistics, Ties Boerma. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Japanese Women Live Longest, Data Shows May 22, 2009
The increased use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets for malaria, oral rehydration therapy for diarrhea, better access to vaccines and improved water and sanitation in developing countries are proving particularly effective, he said. MMIX The Associated Press. (CBS News)
Zimbabwe: Health Team Finds 30 Cholera Strains Mar 4, 2009
"The whole aquatic environment seems to be heavily contaminated, and environmental intervention is essential," said the ICDDR, which was established in 1978 and is credited with developing oral rehydration therapy for treating diarrhoeal diseases, including cholera. The report said there were an "inadequate" number of skilled health care personnel, such as physicians, nurses and paramedics, "in most of the health facilities", and in "one CTC [cholera treatment centre], in the absence of ORS... (allAfrica.com)
