Zambia is leading the charge to defeat diarrhea. The country serves as a model for the successful integration of policies, education, safe drinking water, rotavirus vaccines, and ORS/zinc.
Video: PATH; Photos: PATH/Gareth Bentley.
Schools are important focal points for communities. These students in Mazabuka, Zambia, are teachers for their peers, families, and communities about the importance of safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene. They also know a thing or two about performance poo-etry!
To learn more about the WASH in schools program, see our slideshow.
Video: PATH; Photos: PATH/Gareth Bentley
Diarrhea is a leading killer of children in Kenya, even though it is entirely preventable. But the country has seen great progress, particularly with increased availability of zinc due to over-the-counter status. Alfred Ochola, PATH's diarrheal disease program coordinator in Western Kenya, speaks on a local TV station about the causes of diarrhea in Kenya and practical prevention and treatment guidance for caregivers.
Janet Mbawo, Maternal and Child Health Coordinator and District Health Officer in Kafue, Zambia, describes the hygiene messages that community health workers and clinicians teach mothers and schoolchildren, such as handwashing with soap at critical times.
Special thanks to the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ).
"Together, we shall fight diarrhea!"
In this clip, students at Mukuyu Basic School in rural Mazabuka, Zambia, showcase their health knowledge by performing pooetry. We like their style!
Click through our photo album to see more student activities.
Special thanks to Africare for giving us a tour of their WASH in schools program.
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Do you remember how your mom took care of you when you got sick?
Moms everywhere want to take care of their kids. Diarrhea can be deadly, but mothers have hope when they have access to simple solutions. Proven, affordable tools should be at-hand for every mom, such as safe water and sanitation, oral rehydration therapy (ORT), zinc, nutrition, breastfeeding, and rotavirus vaccines. Help us spread the word about these solutions so no child has to die from diarrhea.
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Norman Bates doesn't make an appearance in this clip, but another killer does. This awareness-raising video was made for World Water Day 2009.
NTV Kenya covers the severe burden of diarrheal disease in the country, where it is the third leading killer of children under five. The video features the coordinated prevention and treatment efforts in rural Bungoma District in Western Province, and Alfred Ochola, PATH's primary health care coordinator for diarrheal disease control, discusses PATH's revitalization ORT corners and zinc in the region. Learn more about PATH's ORT corner project in Western Kenya in our Success Stories or read Kenya's Daily Nation news article about the project.
This news coverage follows the recent launch of Kenya's national policy guidelines on the prevention and treatment of diarrheal disease. A provincial launch followed in Western Province.