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Kirsten Wiens, PhD

Clinician opens a packet of oral rehydration solution (ORS)
Jul 27, 2020
Tracking disparities in use of oral rehydration solution to treat childhood diarrhea
Over 500,000 children die due to diarrheal diseases each year despite the fact that diarrhea is a preventable and treatable disease. One way to prevent diarrheal deaths is through treatment with oral rehydration solution (ORS), a simple therapy
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Indonesia and Peru diarrhea burden graphic
May 14, 2020
Estimates show that geographic disparities in childhood diarrhea persist, but progress has been made through reductions in key risk factors
New IHME estimate show that countries such as Indonesia and Peru, pictured above, still experience substantial geographic disparities in diarrhea mortality. Source: IHME.    Diarrhea is the second leading infectious child killer in low- and middle
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