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Oral rehydration therapy : a community trial comparing the acceptability of homemade sucrose and cereal-based solutions
(Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 1991)Sugar-based oral rehydration therapy (ORT) for diarrhoea is promoted in many countries of the world. One programme in Bangladesh has instructed more than 13 million mothers in the preparation of a sugar-salt solution in ... -
Evaluating community ORT programmes: indicators for use and safety
(© 1986 Oxford University Press, 1986)Community-based oral rehydration programmes to reduce diarrhoea-related mortality have been initiated in many developing countries in recent years. However, to date few evaluation studies have been carried out on these ... -
Folk terminology for Diarrhea in rural Bangladesh
(Oxford University Press, 1991-03-01)Diarrhea, a descriptive term used in medical science for a variety of clinical diseases denotes an illness that is categorized differently and known by numerous terms in various cultures. These diversified classifications ... -
Empowerment through health education: the approach of an NGO in Bangladesh
(CIP-Gegevens Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 1990)The paper describes a health programme in Bangladesh which is distinct in many respects. Instead of providing curative services, the programme is educational; it works with the community in raising awareness, empowers ... -
Perception of Diarrhoea and the use of a homemade oral rehydration solution in rural Bangladesh
(International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, 1988)Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) is being widely promoted in developing countries but the socio-cultural aspects of diarrhea are often poorly investigated prior to planning the programs. Since 1980 the Bangladesh Rural ... -
Credit for the poor: the case of BRAC in Bangladesh
(BRAC, 1991)As the rural population of Bangladesh increases, landlessness among people once dependent upon agriculture is a growing problem. The Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) has been working with the rural poor since ... -
CARE: Training immunisers in the community approach (TICA)
(BRAC, 1989)
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