ACUTE DIARRHOEAL DISEASE IN LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES .3. METHODS FOR PREVENTION AND CONTROL

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  • 1 January 1964
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 31  (1) , 21-+
Abstract
The program presented in this article for controlling the diarrhoeas and dysenteries of less developed countries is based on epidemiological principles applicable to acute undifferentiated diarrhoeal disease[long dash]its specific as well as its nonspecific elements. The dominant importance of weanling diarrhoea requires a main emphasis on maternal and child health procedures, with nutrition singled out for attention, along with public health education and medical care of patients: this in addition to the established worth of means of promoting environmental sanitation. The several features of the suggested program are within 4 broad divisions: preventive measures; control of patients, contacts and the immediate environment; measures specifically useful in epidemics; and international measures conducive to broad restriction of the syndrome.