In preparation for Tuesday's class on ORT (Oral Rehydration Therapy) and water, please take a minute to review the following articles.
The first is a joint statement from the WHO and UNICEF on the clinical management of acute diarrhea. It contains some good background information, and recommended practices.
http://www.who.int/child-adolescent-health/New_Publications/CHILD_HEALTH/Acute_Diarrhoea.pdf
The next is an article that appeared in Time magazine about a year ago, about the situation in Bangladesh:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1543876,00.html
The next is a short article from the WHO on reducing deaths from diarrhea and dehydration, and the benefits of ORS:
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/bulletin/2000/Number%2010/78(10)1246-1255.pdf
Finally, we have a 10-minute video on Water:
http://webcast.un.org/ramgen/specialevents/waterforlife-eng.rm
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment