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La diarrea es un problema muy frecuente en los niños (véase también Diarrea en adultos). Consiste en la defecación frecuente, blanda o líquida que difiere del patrón normal de un niño. A veces la diarrea contiene sangre o moco
A poster advertising oral rehydration salts (ORS) and zinc, part of the SHOPS mass media campaign in Ghana, was distributed widely to pharmacies and over‐the‐counter medicine sellers to improve caregivers’ and providers’ awareness of the new diarrhea treatment protocols for children under 5.
La reducción de la mortalidad en menores de cinco años en la Región de las Américas es fundamental para disminuir las grandes brechas entre países, áreas y grupos humanos, y lograr la equidad en el acceso a estrategias disponibles para la prevención y el tratamiento de las enfermedades, así ...
Las enfermedades diarreicas son la tercera causa de muerte en niños menores de 5 años: cada año mueren 443 832. La diarrea puede durar varios días y dejar el cuerpo sin el agua y las sales que necesita para vivir. En el pasado, la deshidratación grave y la pérdida de líquidos eran, en la mayo...
WASH in schools during a cholera response is important due to the strong correlation between WASH and IPC. Not only can it impact the health and well-being of students and staff but also facilitate the potential spread of the disease via the congregation of children and adults from multiple househol...
Emergency health kits
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WHO has developed standardized health kits of medicines and medical supplies to meet different health needs in humanitarian emergencies and disasters.
These kits are developed to provide reliable and affordable medicines and supplies quickly to those in need. The kits are used by United Nations age...
Available in Englisch, French, Spanish and Chinese
Diarrhoea Treatment Guidelines
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Including new recommendations for the use of ORS and zinc Supplementation for Clinic-Based Healthcare Workers
THIS LEAFLET AIMS AT GUIDING YOU THROUGH THE VERY FIRST DAYS OF AN OUTBREAK
This leaflet aims at guiding health workers though the very first days of an outbreak. It addresses the following questions:
Is this the beginning of an outbreak?
Is the patient suffering from cholera or shigella?
The leaflet also has sections on how to protect the community, how to t...
Arabic Version
This leaflet aims at guiding health workers though the very first days of an outbreak. It addresses the following questions:
Is this the beginning of an outbreak?
Is the patient suffering from cholera or shigella?
The leaflet also has sections on how to protect the community, how to t...
A manual for physicians and other senior health workers. This fourth revision of the manual reflects recent clinical experience and research findings in diarrhoea case management. Compared to earlier versions, it includes revised guidelines on the management of children with acute diarrhoea using th...
Cholera kits 2020
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For several years, agencies supporting preparedness and response to cholera outbreaks have supplied medicines and medical devices through the Interagency Diarrhoeal Disease Kits (IDDK).
In an effort to better align the presentation and content of the kits to field needs, the composition of the ch...
This website was launched in January to advocate for the new WHO ORS/Zinc co-packaging recommendation (for diarrhoea treatment) and seek to remove barriers and exploit opportunities to the uptake of the recommendation in LMICs. As a part of this work we are establishing a knowledge base on the statu...
