Scaling Up Diarrhea Prevention and Treatment Interventions: A Lives Saved Tool Analysis

Diarrhea remains a leading cause of mortality among young children in low- and middle-income countries. Although the evidence for individual diarrhea prevention and treatment interventions is solid, the effect a comprehensive scale-up effort would have on diarrhea mortality has not been estimated. W...

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Published in:	PLoS medicine Vol. 8; no. 3; p. e1000428
Main Authors:	Walker, Christa L. Fischer, Friberg, Ingrid K., Binkin, Nancy, Young, Mark, Walker, Neff, Fontaine, Olivier, Weissman, Eva, Gupta, Akanksha, Black, Robert E.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 01.03.2011 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Antibiotics Breast Feeding Breastfeeding & lactation Care and treatment Child, Preschool Children & youth Costs Costs and Cost Analysis Developing countries Diarrhea Diarrhea - economics Diarrhea - mortality Diarrhea - prevention & control Diarrhea - therapy Drinking water Epidemiologic Methods Gastroenterology and Hepatology/Gastrointestinal Infections Global Health Humans Hygiene Immunization Infectious Diseases/Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases Infectious Diseases/Gastrointestinal Infections Intervention LDCs Low income groups Methods Mortality Patient outcomes Pediatrics and Child Health Per capita Prevention Public Health and Epidemiology/Health Policy Public Health and Epidemiology/Infectious Diseases Viruses Water quality management United States United States > US Costs & Cost Analysis Epidemiologic Methods Humans Breast Feeding Child, Preschool Diarrhea World Health
ISSN:	1549-1676, 1549-1277, 1549-1676
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