Sociology 2180A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Oral Rehydration Therapy, Infant Mortality, Rotavirus
12 Apr 2018
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Case 8: preventing diarrheal deaths in egypt article summary. Diarrheal disease in children which results in life-threatening dehydration was identified as the cause of of the infant deaths in egypt in 1977. It causes about 2 million deaths in the developing world per year while most of those are among children who are younger than 2 years old. Currently 1/200 children who get diarrhea will die, more particularly due to dehydration. Most of these deaths can be prevented w/ the use of low-cost and simple treatment for dehydration. The national control of diarrheal disease project of egypt was established to promote the use of oral rehydration salts that are locally manufactured that reverse dehydration. The program distributed salts and information about the treatment for children with diarrhea through private and public channels which reached mothers through television and other forms of mass media.
