Increasing coverage of pediatric diarrhea treatment in high-burden countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diarrhea is the second leading cause of infectious deaths in children under-five globally. Oral rehydration salts (ORS) and zinc could avert an estimated 93% of deaths, but progress to increase coverage of these interventions has been largely stagnant over the past several decades. The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), along with donors and country governments in India, Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda, implemented programs to scale-up ORS and zinc coverage from 2012 to 2016. The programs sought to demonstrate that increases in pediatric diarrhea treatment rates are possible at scale in high-burden settings through a holistic approach addressing both supply and demand barriers. We describe the overall program model and the activities undertaken in each country. The over

SUBMITTER: Schroder K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6513503 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature