Oral rehydration therapy in childhood diarrhoea : how educated are caregivers?

Thirty years ago, oral rehydration therapy (ORT) was hailed as potentially the most significant medical advance of the century. Dehydration from diarrhoea killed approximately 5 million children per year in the late 1970's. ORT is a simple and inexpensive means of treating diarrhoeal dehydration. Today 25% of the world's children have access to ORT, and it is estimated that every year it saves 500,000 lives (Drucker 1988).

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Division of Emergency Medicine

Year dc:date.issued

2009

Author dc:creator

• Koning, Lizanne

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Morison, A

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11849

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11849