PHM-Exch> Diarrhoea: why children are still dying and what can be done : The Lancet

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: arun arun.ibfan at gmail.com

Just under 9 million children aged under 5 years died in 2008 and nearly 40%
of these deaths were due to two diseases: pneumonia and diarrhoea. 1
<http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2809%2961798-0/fulltext?elsca1=&elsca2=email&elsca3=segment#bib1>Diarrhoea
remains the second leading cause of death in children younger than 5 years
globally. Nearly one in every five child deaths—around 1·5 million a year—is
due to diarrhoea, which kills more children than AIDS, malaria, and measles
combined. 2
<http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2809%2961798-0/fulltext?elsca1=&elsca2=email&elsca3=segment#bib2>
Yet funding and attention directed toward the control of diarrhoea in recent
years has been insufficient.....

 Here is the link to the Lancet Comment

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)61798-0/fulltext?elsca1=&elsca2=email&elsca3=segment<http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2809%2961798-0/fulltext?elsca1=&elsca2=email&elsca3=segment>
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